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Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSAt Felipe's cry, the women waiting in the hall hurried in, wailing aloud as their first glance showed them all was over.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONI could have sworn I heard a cry, and one of my men spoke in a tone that assured me my imagination had not been playing a trick.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRA sob rose in her throat, and broke from her lips transformed into a trembling, sharp, glad cry.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENAntirosa had decided it was better to let the children "have their cry out," and the boy had gone to school.
KIPLING STORIES AND POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW, BOOK IIRUDYARD KIPLINGHe heard Mohammedans alluding to a Brahmin as a leader—so might a wolf and a snake make common alliance against a watch dog.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYAt this part of Lorenzo's narrative, a cry, unutterable in words, burst from the engloomed but steadfast bosom of his auditor.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERIt was well that Monsieur de Biancourt was wiser than many of his crew, whose sole cry was to kill them all.
THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS, VOL. II: ACADIA, 1612-1614VARIOUSSquinty heard one man cry, and then the comical little pig dodged under a bush, and kept on running.
SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUMLastly, there was Aguinaldoʼs old rebel party, which rallied to the one cry “Independence.”
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANWORDS RELATED TO CRY WOLF
- acquaint
- address
- admonish
- advise
- advocate
- alert
- apprise
- caution
- clue
- clue in
- counsel
- cry wolf
- deprecate
- direct
- dissuade
- enjoin
- exhort
- fill in
- forbid
- forearm
- forewarn
- give fair warning
- give the high sign
- give warning
- guide
- hint
- inform
- instruct
- lay it out
- make aware
- notify
- order
- post
- predict
- prepare
- prescribe
- prompt
- put on guard
- recommend
- remind
- remonstrate
- reprove
- signal
- suggest
- summon
- tell
- threaten
- tip
- tip off
- urge
- wise up
- acquaints
- addresses
- admonishes
- advises
- advocates
- alerts
- apprises
- cautions
- clue in
- clues
- counsels
- cries wolf
- deprecates
- directs
- dissuades
- enjoins
- exhorts
- fills in
- forbids
- forearms
- forewarns
- gives fair warning
- gives the high sign
- gives warning
- guides
- hints
- informs
- instructs
- lies it out
- makes aware
- notifies
- orders
- posts
- predicts
- prepares
- prescribes
- prompts
- puts on guard
- recommends
- reminds
- remonstrates
- reproves
- signals
- suggests
- summons
- tells
- threatens
- tips
- tips off
- urges
- wise up
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.