scream for

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.

Examples of scream for in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

During their fight, Poe is screaming for Creasy over the radio, as the group is taking unrelenting fire from the police and can’t hold them off for much longer. —Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026

Stylistically, nothing about the RX screams for attention. —New Atlas, 2 May 2026

The numbers screamed for Madison Bumgarner, with the 2014 World Series championship on the line, to throw Kansas City’s Salvador Perez a breaking ball in the dirt. —Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026

All four of the people at the bar — Reyna, Olivares, and the other man and woman who were wounded — went outside where Cashaw’s girlfriend was screaming for help. —Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for scream for

• abhor
• abor
• adore
• afore
• ardour
• ashore
• backdoor
• before
• bookstore
• candour
• centaur
• claymore