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Recent Examples on the WebPenn spent 33 days in jail in 1987 for punching a guy, as referenced in his Smith cri de coeur.—Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023 Set in the hinterlands of Alberta, the movie focuses on several teenagers, both living and dead — a haunting that feels like a generational cri de coeur.—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023 The difference between told something is super-hot versus actual heat is huge, of course, in the same way that using horror in a subversive, socially conscious way isn’t the same as being clumsily beaten about the head with ideas in an eye-candy cri de coeur with a suspenseful soundtrack.—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2022 In addition, protests in Khuzestan Province over a severe water shortage are spreading across the country, in a sort of collective cri de coeur against the systemic corruption and mismanagement by Tehran that has turned a wealthy, resourceful country into a barren desert.—Victoria Coates, National Review, 2 Aug. 2021 See all Example Sentences for cri de coeur
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