crying shame

Surely it was a crying shame to stop the children of that family from crying in the future.

And she seemed to hear behind it, and very far away, the world which had been her world once more crying shame upon her.

The sappers say it seemed a crying shame to wreck a thing so beautiful.

What with such a big son, and so many friends and relations, it would be a crying shame if the patient die at home?

Of course the place is surrounded by magnificent forests, but it is a crying shame to see how they have been treated.