cry for
Example Sentences
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After so long on the road, driving past despair dotted along the road’s shoulders, Day brushes off a cry for help with a joke.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Scaloni, 48, may be out of a job when his contract expires in December, but his message for the fans was don’t cry for me, Argentina.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
“He would come home and just cry, like, literally cry for hours.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
It became a rallying cry for activists over the following seven years, culminating in a movement in June 1987 that toppled Chun's regime.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
It was, for Jesse, a cry for help.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
