How to Use cry out in a Sentence
cry out
phrasal verb-
None of these are the state’s job, and nobody was crying out for them.
— Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2024 -
Your spirit is crying out to you to be the hero of your own story.
— Angela Quach, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024 -
Rose is seen and heard screaming and crying out for the officers to pull the dog off of him, the video shows.
— Polo Sandoval, CNN, 26 July 2023 -
The story was written on my skin, crying out to be told.
— Geena Rocero, SELF, 26 June 2023 -
With hands reaching out of the slats, people were crying out for help.
— Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2023 -
Dozens of them rushed toward the van to ask for rides, reaching for the windows and crying out for help.
— Eli Saslow Erin Schaff, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024 -
Gal, lead singer of the Paz Band, has an angelic voice and cries out for women’s rights.
— Kosha Dillz, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2023 -
The message was etched all over my body; my insides were crying out to be heard.
— Geena Rocero, SELF, 26 June 2023 -
The star’s face twitches and she is seen crying out as her team tries to control the episode, and discuss plans to call 911.
— Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 26 June 2024 -
This cries out for roast or grilled chicken or pork, and maybe a plane ticket to New Zealand.
— Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023 -
Scheana cries out about the restraining order that Rachel put against her.
— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024 -
Then, the Jews will hide behind rocks and trees, and the rocks and trees will cry out: 'O Moslem, there is a Jew hiding behind me, come and kill him.
— Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2024 -
At least one of them cried out for help in Hebrew before they were killed, the official added.
— Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2023 -
In essence, the victims lose their voice and cannot physically cry out or scream.
— Patricia Fersch, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024 -
Amid the chaos and violence, Nichols cried out for his mother, a woman whose home stood a mere 100 yards away.
— Time, 29 July 2023 -
Then women came to the grave, marked with red flowers, and cried out, sobbing, while his sons watched from bales of hay nearby.
— Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 8 July 2023 -
The fierceness of her commitment cries out for greater artistic risk.
— Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023 -
The invention of the birth control pill, and women are crying out for it on this planet.
— Samantha Barry, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2023 -
But now, the Arctic and Antarctic are crying out in unison that there is very much something to see here.
— Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023 -
That makes 2024 a pivotal election, but also cries out for a new approach.
— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024 -
The woman cried out for help, but no one answered initially.
— Kocha Olarn, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024 -
Police held back a sobbing man crying out for his wife and daughter.
— Laurel Chor, NPR, 21 June 2024 -
This morass of American weakness and failure cries out for a Trumpian restoration of peace through strength.
— Robert C. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024 -
The older man turns his head away when Kishan tries to feed him, and cries out as Kishan tries to bathe his feet that the water is too hot and then too cold.
— Pratham Khurana, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023 -
James Crumbley is heard crying out in pain in the video, which shows the couple being handcuffed.
— Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2024 -
Your special light, Hersh, captivated all of us from the first glance, even through the posters crying out for his return.
— Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 2 Sep. 2024 -
Neither quite satire nor thriller nor murder mystery, the film cries out for a sharper attack.
— Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2024 -
The outlet reported that McKellen, who plays the character of John Falstaff in the play, fell off the front of the stage and cried out in pain as crew members rushed to help.
— Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 18 June 2024 -
But behind them, there is a diverse people who, in most cases, cry out and fight for a more just society.
— Wilson Santiago Burgos, USA TODAY, 8 July 2024 -
But many companies in a range of industries are crying out for a strategy rather than a plan.
— Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
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