crier

Example Sentences

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The ignoble battle ends when a neighbor, Mrs. Prothero, shouts that her house is on fire, “announcing ruin like a town crier in Pompeii.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

“I’m a weird crier with movies. Like I won’t cry after I won the Super Bowl. I didn't cry when my kids were born,” he said.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2025

If it’s any consolation, you’re not an ugly crier.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2024

A town crier will read a proclamation at Enniskillen Castle from 08:00, with a service held at St Macartin’s Cathedral at 20:00.

From BBC • Jun. 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