cry (out)

as in to exclaim
to utter with a sudden burst of strong feeling "I can't stand it!" he cried out

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Verb
  • Like a child swimming on the first hot day of the year, Ivan is carried away by the physical pleasure of the water, diving and floating and exclaiming.
    Philip Metres July 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
  • South Park’s whining Cartman exclaims in the premiere about the blows against NPR.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 July 2025
Verb
  • Farke shouted and put a hand on Chambers’ shoulder, smiling.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 28 July 2025
  • Every twenty or thirty feet, a hawker would shout and cross the street to shake my hand, or step away from a storefront and fall in beside me.
    Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
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  • In response to the roaring fans, the singer made sure to put them front and center.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2025
  • The highlight was a 540-foot rocket, on June 5, 1967, that roared over the most distant sign atop the roof of Philadelphia’s old Connie Mack Stadium in the deepest part of left-center field.
    Jayson Stark, New York Times, 27 July 2025
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“Cry (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cry%20%28out%29. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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