cry for

Example Sentences

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"I will go to all the friends and family I will never see again, and lay flowers and tell them: 'I remember you always, and I cry for you.'"

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

“Learn a Trade” isn’t just a rallying cry for younger generations to skip college and pursue in-demand blue-collar work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

If that’s not a cry for help, I don’t know what is.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

Online ravings about “tiger blood” and “winning!” earned him a Live Nation tour with a cry for help as its title: “My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not An Option.”

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2025

Little children cry for their mothers, snot dripping from their noses into their open mouths.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung