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〜んばかりに
泣かんばかりに声を上げて外へ駆け出した — "she dashed outside, crying as if she would burst into tears."
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Practice 〜んばかりに →泣かんばかりに = "as if about to cry" — the ない-stem 泣か + んばかりに. 声を上げて describes how she dashed out.
彼女は ___ 。
Answer: 声を上げて · Try this question →