cry down
Example Sentences
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To decry is to cry down, in some noisy, public, or conspicuous manner.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
There came a cry down the platform: "En voiture, messieurs!"
From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)
Ages of controversy have failed to obliterate or cry down the spontaneous utterance of the soul, "I have within myself the ultimate standard of truth."
From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jones, Jesse H.
To many all policy is restraint; they cry down policy, and erect blundering into a virtue.
From English Secularism A Confession Of Belief by Holyoake, George Jacob
It was to their interest to cry down the equivalence of silver; they paid less and received more.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur
