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Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cry (for)
Verb
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Several people in the courtroom were openly weeping.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
19 Apr. 2025 -
At the funeral in Khan Younis Saturday afternoon, families wept over the bodies of their relatives and cried out in pain.—
Samy Magdy,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Councilmember Vivian Moreno expressed frustration that Get It Done is so internet-based, when many San Diegans lack access and rely on telephones to ask city officials questions or report complaints.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
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In 2017, the National Institutes of Health asked Hotez to meet with Kennedy to move him off the hobbyhorse of a vaccine-autism link.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Her lack of emotion baffles the people around her, who expect, or even require, keening expressions of grief.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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The aunties kneel and sway and hug on the living-room floor, keening dramatically one minute, chuckling over their cellphones the next.—
Namwali Serpell,
The New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In turn, Julian begged his ex to destroy the incriminating papers for the sake of their family.—
Sabienna Bowman,
People.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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For nearly ten years, fans have been begging for its return.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Milwaukee likely regrets not having added Smith to their 40-man roster, as injuries prompted them to trade for a starter in April.—
Phil Rogers,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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But for actors who already regret inking deals that prevent them from taking down harmful videos, the money may no longer seem worth the trouble.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In fact, regulars’ favorite thing to moan about, year after year, is the ever-mounting cost of Carnival fete tickets and costumes.—
Baz Dreisinger,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Ramirez said the detectives had found belongings near the storm drain entrance and heard what sounded like a woman moaning from inside the storm drain.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Apr. 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 29 Apr. 2025.
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