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

Margaret Boyce is soft-spoken, a private person, and certainly not - in her words - a "crier".

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2024

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

A goldtoothed bantamweight, Freddie was as much of a town crier as Southside had.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison