scream for
phrasal verb
screamed for; screaming for; screams for
informal
1
: to demand or need (something)
People are screaming for news about the virus.
These policies just scream out for reform.
2
: to be very suitable or appropriate for (something)
Hot summer days like this just scream for ice cream and visits to the pool.
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From 1-0 up, there were numerous instances of Potter screaming for the defence to push up and not sit in.
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Liam Tharme, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Whether the audience is able to see it or not, Nora is still experiencing this moment, being on top of this girl who’s essentially screaming for her dad, the same thing Abby had gone through five years before.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 12 May 2025
Son Brendan was murdered with a chainsaw on Richie Stevenson’s orders while Seraphina screamed for mercy next to her half-brother; Richie had a livestream of the grisly event sent to Maeve’s phone.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 May 2025
Agents stormed into her bedroom and pointed guns at her and her then-boyfriend while her son, 7, screamed for his mother from another room.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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Liam Tharme, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Whether the audience is able to see it or not, Nora is still experiencing this moment, being on top of this girl who’s essentially screaming for her dad, the same thing Abby had gone through five years before.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 12 May 2025
Son Brendan was murdered with a chainsaw on Richie Stevenson’s orders while Seraphina screamed for mercy next to her half-brother; Richie had a livestream of the grisly event sent to Maeve’s phone.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 May 2025
Agents stormed into her bedroom and pointed guns at her and her then-boyfriend while her son, 7, screamed for his mother from another room.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Scream for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scream%20for. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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