crier

Example Sentences

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“I’m not a big crier, but I just lost it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

She also told one poor CBB housemate who was getting on her nerves: "You'd make a great town crier!"

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025

He continued dance-walking down the long city block, the time-traveling Black town crier was waking up all those who would listen.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2025

Then, interrupting herself midsentence and cutting her speech short, she got in the best one-liner of the night before rushing off the stage: “I’m not an attractive crier — have a good evening!”

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2024

His appeal, his tears, moved all the gentry listening there; but now they saw the crier and the minstrel come from Odysseus’ hall, where they had slept.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer