How to Use cry for in a Sentence

cry for

phrasal verb

• His son still wakes up crying for him in the middle of the night.
  — Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2024
• Witness video shows him on the ground, crying for help.
  — Jamie Ross, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
• Since the war began, al-Bayad said her baby cries for hours.
  — Daniel Wolfe, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
• In between their cries for justice came tears – and long, silent hugs.
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 23 Oct. 2023
• Rothe used the service as a rallying cry for the synod.
  — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• When his cries for help fall on deaf ears, he’s forced to take matters into his own hands.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2024
• The Spanish-language hit emerged as a rallying cry for the red-hot Mets.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024
• The crew of the Mayan Queen lowered its life raft with three of its own crew, and followed the cries for help, pulling 15 men onboard, the captain said.
  — Matina Stevis-Gridneff, New York Times, 21 June 2023
• The introvert inside you cries for a night alone with the glow of a movie or a book light, and a glass of something to curl up with and sip on.
  — Katie Toussaint, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Her cries for help attracted a neighbor who tried to use water to put out the fire, but the efforts were in vain.
  — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 Sep. 2024
• In the clip, the teenager can be heard speaking to a paramedic, crying for help and describing a tank close by.
  — Helen Regan, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
• The comment has since gone viral, become a rallying cry for the left.
  — Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2024
• Adams says critics have described her choice to marry herself as a cry for help.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 28 May 2023
• However, to a croc, a human baby’s screams may sound less like a cry for help—and more like a dinner bell.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Aug. 2023
• Lying on a hard bed of cornmeal, each man cried for milk until his fists unclenched.
  — Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2023
• Despite the cry for new episodes, Yellowstone viewers shouldn't hold their breath.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 24 Aug. 2023
• The noise was enough to bring children pouring out of the house, including a girl heard crying for her daddy through the pile of debris.
  — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
• Seven-year-old Zahra Jaber cried for her mother as she was lifted onto the plane on a stretcher.
  — Hala Gorani, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2024
• Here’s an irony, though: the list of the top singles of the year is dominated by dudes — so, on a commercial level, don’t cry for them.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 25 July 2024
• He was discovered by a group of teenagers who heard his cries for help on Thursday afternoon.
  — Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2023
• The two executives who did were put on leave after the cries for boycotts started.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
• Some are glamorous, some are deeply silly, and others are a naked cry for attention.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2023
• But excessive posting could be a sign of a larger mental health issue in teens or a cry for help.
  — Kristina Behr, Parents, 13 June 2024
• For years, that phrase has been the rallying cry for climate advocates.
  — Alice Hill, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2023
• Police found that 38 people heard the woman cry for help, The New York Times reported after the murder.
  — Kerry J. Byrne Fox News, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2024
• The cries for closure had reached a peak in 1986 when a youth at the facility hanged himself in solitary confinement.
  — Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• For long hours on that day, countless Israeli civilians were crying for help that in too many cases didn’t arrive in time.
  — Avner Cohen, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2023
• Related coverage: When will Josh Naylor be able to answer the Guardians’ cry for help?
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2023
• In the aftermath of Chester’s death, multiple blog posts and message-board threads tried to construe One More Light as a cry for help that had fallen on deaf ears.
  — Daniela Avila, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
• Nichols was heard crying for his mother as officers continued to strike him.
  — Lucas Finton, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024