cry
Example Sentences
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“All true patriots must wake to the cry of danger,” he harangued.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
You just want to cry at the irony of it.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
Artemis II did that, through four people willing to cry in public, laugh about kicking each other in their sleep, and say that what they found out there was hope.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
That hasn’t stopped Americans from pushing back against the certainty of taxes—death is another matter—since the cry of “no taxation without representation” helped spark the Revolutionary War.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
He hadn’t started flunking out of school as a cry for help— there was no reason for them to search through his things.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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