cry (for)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cry (for)
Verb
  • Ian starts to weep, burying his face in the dog’s fur while Rachel rubs her husband’s back in sympathy.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Such are the spending restrictions under baseball’s international signing system, but weep not for Sasaki, who is certain to line up enough marketing and endorsement opportunities to live quite comfortably.
    Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • During the news conference, several people described how the fires had affected their families and asked public officials to hold oil companies to account.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Just ask Philip Morris International, which earlier this year invested $600 million to build a new factory to meet surging demand for Zyn.
    Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The sport's powerhouse India did not want to host another event, with Zimbabwe - emerging as a destination for major tournaments - and Sri Lanka keen but bypassed for the UAE, a reliable alternative that doubles as headquarters for the sport's governing body.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
  • He’s been lauded for sounding like a vestige of another age — his supple, keening tenor the result of years of apprenticeship to the Pakistani artists Ustad Saami and Farida Khanum.
    Emily Lordi Philip Cheung, New York Times, 10 May 2024
Verb
  • Following the show, the beauty community begged McGrath to unveil the secret behind her glass-shattering technique, which has been recreated by makeup artists time and again since then.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 24 Jan. 2025
  • With the movie itself proving its might across three different categories, Morris’ absence begs the question: How? —Joey Nolfi 12 of 13 SNUB: Challengers score Time to compress and repress your rage, as the Academy pulled the aux cord out from one of the best original scores of 2024.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In the two months since the election, some report regretting their choice, as debates over H-1B visas led to a spike in hate speech targeting South Asians.
    Jane Hong / Made by History, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Trade value Contract swap Age 23 Position Wing Contract Value $18M Expiration 2029 Wing 25 Kyle Kuzma The Wizards might end up regretting not trading Kuzma at last year's deadline or in the offseason.
    Sam Vecenie, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Jasmine moans with pleasure as Gino traces her legs with his tongue.
    Abigail Adams, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Many of the patients were critically ill and moaning in pain from broken bones, head gashes and other injuries blamed on Tropical Storm Helene.
    Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The trope tends to elegize artists who are perceived to be ahead of their time or otherwise inimical to regnant conventions.
    Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
  • Spielberg h as chosen to elegize the story by romanticizing it, swathing the characters in Norman Rockwell attitudes, a meddlesome symphonic score, and a golden fairy dust that shines through the windows like God's blessing.
    Eliza Berman, Time, 5 Oct. 2017
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“Cry (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cry%20%28for%29. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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