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Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cry (for)
Verb
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As the Huskies wept and danced and held each other on the court Sunday, Ducharme kept imagining how much Zittoun would have loved being part of the celebration.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
7 Apr. 2025 -
Victoria The triumphant expression on her face as Piper weeps at breakfast: just sensational.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Her mom has successfully kept her isolated from her grandfather even though Hazel has asked a lot about him and shown interest in getting to know him.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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This included when one circuit asked fans of Minions: The Rise of Gru to stop throwing bananas (talk about a slippery slope!).—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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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
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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
Verb
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Tactility is a prominent feature in the collection; the pieces almost beg to be touched.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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After all those heartfelt letters, begging her nephew to return home, Cara finally comes face-to-face with Spencer.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
6 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The Nebraska Cornhuskers won't regret their trip to Las Vegas.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Right-of-center Americans will live to regret this innovation.—
The Editors,
National Review,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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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
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Others had their heads and arms bandaged and were lined up on stretchers, moaning.—
Sui-Lee Wee,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 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 16 Apr. 2025.
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