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
A British couple jailed in Iran after being accused of espionage have gone on hunger strike in a "cry out for help", their son has told the BBC.
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025
Or are we merely living through times in which almost everything seems like a diagnosis of events that cry out to be made sense of?
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025
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
Being shy, I didn’t cry out for help.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
