"agony of tears" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Englisch]

Forms: the agony of tears [singular]
Etymology: zusammengesetzt aus agony und tear
  1. Weinkrampf, Heulkrampf
    Sense id: de-agony_of_tears-en-phrase-1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Weinkrampf, Heulkrampf): Weinkrampf [masculine] (Deutsch), Heulkrampf [masculine] (Deutsch)

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          "text": "\"No, the very essence of all human probabilities is against it.\" —and she burst into an agony of tears—\"the most dreadful thought is this, I cannot master my dreams.\""
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