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

In Lisburn, events begin early with a D-Day proclamation read by a town crier from the Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum at 08:00.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 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

There was a crier, who cried news as a modern newspaper prints headlines—"The Master of Stormhold Suffers a Mysterious Malady!"

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman