cry for

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During the inquest, the coroner returned a conclusion of misadventure rather than suicide, describing Jack's actions as "at worst a cry for help and more likely, in my view, an expression of frustration and despair".

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

If that’s not a cry for help, I don’t know what is.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

Do not cry for Kelly, he can sleep gently on a thick mattress of $100 bills.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Online ravings about “tiger blood” and “winning!” earned him a Live Nation tour with a cry for help as its title: “My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not An Option.”

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2025

A tall man entered, and Merry choked back a cry; for a moment it seemed to him that Boromir was alive again and had returned.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien