cry out
Example Sentences
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A people can’t cry out for deliverance while refusing correction or ask God for justice while excusing wrongdoing in its own ranks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
On the main television in the waiting area, Freddie Freeman had hit another first inning homer, making Satsuki and Keiko, one of the stylists, cry out “Freeman!”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2024
In one clip, as a soldier talks to a woman, presumably his wife, their children cry out, “We love and miss you.”
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2024
Doesn’t such a radical outcome cry out for an explanation?
From Slate • Jan. 23, 2024
I heard the woman cry out, and her laughter was echoed by a burst of laughter from within.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.