hue and cries

Definition of hue and criesnext
plural of hue and cry
as in noises
a violent shouting the hue and cry in the classroom when someone let loose a snake

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Noun
  • The first clip showed Duff making cat and bird noises as Townes, who turns 2 on May 3, played with her hair and smiled at the camera.
    Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Plus sundry hallucinations, bad dreams, possession, dark spaces, creepy noises, fraught family relations — and, as with so many horror stories, a bad thing in the past bringing down the future.
    Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • There were no roars of restaurant chatter and excitement from happy guests.
    Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Most of the time, the creature is invisible, only given away by roars or its footprints in the soil of this extra-terrestrial world.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Such prices have set off howls of protest from some fans.
    James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • My 2-year-old daughter’s howls of protest echoed through the previously silent forest of towering Norway spruce.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Hue and cries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hue%20and%20cries. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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