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as in to weep
to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress
some kids started to cry even before the doctor had given them their shot
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as in to shout
to speak so as to be heard at a distance
a mother crying for help
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as in shout
a loud vocal expression of strong emotion
a cry of despair arose when the smoke of the bomb blast cleared
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as in call
a natural vocal sound made by an animal
the lonesome cry of a coyote
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as in slogan
an attention-getting word or phrase used to publicize something (as a campaign or product)
"A chance to change America" was the cry on which the candidate was hoping to win the White House
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as in plea
an earnest request
the king was deaf to their cries
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Recent Examples of cry
Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
Try the chicken pad thai, crying tiger, beef kra paw and a roasted whole chicken (E San Classic).
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2026
Willoughby Mariano, ProPublica, 8 June 2026
The success of such businesses, including those listed below, is a testament to Chicagoans heeding the cry to action.
—Jessi Roti, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 June 2026
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Verb
Stop all this f--king crying and bulls---.
—Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
Try the chicken pad thai, crying tiger, beef kra paw and a roasted whole chicken (E San Classic).
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2026
Noun
Neighbor Carolyn Tomlinson was inside her home cleaning windows when the cries of a child brought her outside.
—Willoughby Mariano, ProPublica, 8 June 2026
The success of such businesses, including those listed below, is a testament to Chicagoans heeding the cry to action.
—Jessi Roti, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cry
Verb
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Lee audibly choked up during songs, and fans openly wept during the Peart tributes.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
10 June 2026
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Anthony wept during her testimony.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
9 June 2026
Verb
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Recorded throughout the book tour for On Morrison—Serpell’s electrifying, critical examination of Morrison’s writing—each episode welcomes listeners into rooms full of readers and discussions of how Morrison made her words sing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Women sang, debated and pitched business ideas ranging from poultry farming to detergent-making.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
Verb
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In a video posted on X by a concertgoer, people could be heard shouting for Wen to be removed.—
Marc Malkin,
Variety,
9 Dec. 2025
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Witness‑recorded footage appears to show a silver SUV driving over his foot, and Calderón can be heard shouting.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Her presence is heralded not by the sounds of howls, roars or clanking chains, but by the shutting of the door to her study, the scrape of her chair as it is pulled towards her desk, and the clanking of her type-writer keys.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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It’s installed bioacoustic cameras in Yellowstone to track wolves and analyze their howls.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Mexico’s 77th-minute winner through Edson Álvarez was originally ruled offside before being allowed following a review, but Pochettino took greatest issue with a handball no-call against defender Jorge Sánchez that had occurred about 10 minutes prior.—
Martin Rogers,
New York Times,
7 July 2025
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Shortly after noon, cops got a 911 call from a passerby who noticed the body in a sailboat docked near the Pulaski Bridge in Long Island City.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
7 July 2025
Noun
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Earlier, between 100 and 150 people had gathered in Geneva for a protest bicycle ride, slowing down traffic and chanting anti-G7 and pro-Palestinian slogans, public broadcaster RTS reported.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 June 2026
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Italy built their own slogan out of it after winning the final of Euro 2020 at Wembley.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
Noun
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In March, Tyler entered a guilty plea, which knocked his first-degree rape charge down to third-degree.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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Five of those six convictions, including Teahan’s case, have ended with plea agreements before trial.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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Her endless screams and sobs echo back to the agonized wailing of The Mist’s David Drayton, who murdered his child and friends for nothing.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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The episode met with an enthusiastic response from the Taormina audience with squeals of disgust when Aemond seemingly leans into kiss his mother on the lips; as well as cheers, shocked screams and collective gasps as characters fought to the death, sometimes triumphing and sometimes not.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 June 2026
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“Cry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cry. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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