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Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cry (for)
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In July, Hilaria wept alongside her husband when a Santa Fe judge dismissed the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec after ruling that the prosecution concealed evidence from his legal team.—
Tracy Wright,
Fox News,
28 Feb. 2025 -
More than once a staff member slumped across their desk and wept.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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Jason Kelce, the former Eagles center turned ESPN analyst, asked how Travis made his decision to return to KC.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2025
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That move set off a heated week between the prosecutors in the case and the Department of Justice — with several Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office lawyers resigning from their posts after being asked to put their weight behind a formal request to dismiss the case.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2025
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Of course, Plant also used those keening high notes to express an appetite for destruction.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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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
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My agent was the one who pretty much begged me to just go out and try it and audition.—
Katie Arnold-Ratliff,
Curbed,
27 Feb. 2025
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Cal Fire captain begged for mercy during slaying captured on video, officials say.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
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As the Miami Herald columnist Omar Kelly said, teams that pass on Ward will certainly regret it.—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Oscars have come along way since 2005 in regards to nominating LGBTQ stories and openly gay creators, and Oscar voters largely regret the Crash Best Picture win.—
Zach Schonfeld,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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And all that online chatter, all those detractors who keep moaning about the Chiefs playing in the biggest games of the year every year?—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
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Men writhe and moan in the shadows just out of sight as a young gay man walks through the dark room at Adonis, Copenhagen’s only gay sauna.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
27 Jan. 2025
Verb
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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
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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 12 Mar. 2025.
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