cry out
Example Sentences
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A people can’t cry out for deliverance while refusing correction or ask God for justice while excusing wrongdoing in its own ranks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
"I have come here to mourn an icon of Africa," one mourner, Dixon Ochieng, told the BBC, while others could be heard to cry out "we are orphans" in their grief.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025
Her right knee appeared to be untouched, but it twisted nonetheless, causing Watkins to immediately cry out as the previously deafeningly enthusiastic crowd around her grew sweepingly silent.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025
In one clip, as a soldier talks to a woman, presumably his wife, their children cry out, “We love and miss you.”
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2024
Elinor wanted to scream, she wanted to curse, rage, cry out in fury, but not a sound came out of her mouth.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
