How to Use cry for in a Sentence

cry for

phrasal verb

• Josh cries for the third time this episode, as Josh is wont to do.
  — Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
• His son still wakes up crying for him in the middle of the night.
  — Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2024
• In the chaos, Do sees a boy alone, crying for his mother, a gun in his hands.
  — Kayti Burt, Time, 25 July 2025
• Witness video shows him on the ground, crying for help.
  — Jamie Ross, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
• Since the war began, al-Bayad said her baby cries for hours.
  — Daniel Wolfe, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
• Officers rushed to the home and heard the woman crying for help.
  — Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 17 June 2025
• In between their cries for justice came tears – and long, silent hugs.
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 23 Oct. 2023
• His strangled, squalling voice can make a rant about toasters sound like a cry for help.
  — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
• This song played a big part of that night and is a rallying cry for the people there that still need a lot of help.
  — Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
• Rothe used the service as a rallying cry for the synod.
  — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• When his cries for help fall on deaf ears, he’s forced to take matters into his own hands.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2024
• The Spanish-language hit emerged as a rallying cry for the red-hot Mets.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024
• Upon hearing this, Brion cries for the first time all season.
  — Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
• The crew of the Mayan Queen lowered its life raft with three of its own crew, and followed the cries for help, pulling 15 men onboard, the captain said.
  — Matina Stevis-Gridneff, New York Times, 21 June 2023
• The introvert inside you cries for a night alone with the glow of a movie or a book light, and a glass of something to curl up with and sip on.
  — Katie Toussaint, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Her cries for help attracted a neighbor who tried to use water to put out the fire, but the efforts were in vain.
  — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 Sep. 2024
• Another neighbor, a 33-year-old man, had also been alarmed by the cries for help.
  — Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
• In Colorado’s dry climate, our skin is crying for help — even on our heads.
  — Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Denver Post, 10 July 2025
• In the clip, the teenager can be heard speaking to a paramedic, crying for help and describing a tank close by.
  — Helen Regan, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
• At that moment, so many people were crying for help from the windows.
  — Oleksandra Mykolyshyn, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
• A lot of what was fueling the struggle was a cry for democracy.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025
• The comment has since gone viral, become a rallying cry for the left.
  — Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2024
• So be able to nail him for it felt really right to me as a sort of a rallying cry for us as two women in the in the series.
  — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
• Adams says critics have described her choice to marry herself as a cry for help.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 28 May 2023
• However, to a croc, a human baby’s screams may sound less like a cry for help—and more like a dinner bell.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Aug. 2023
• Lying on a hard bed of cornmeal, each man cried for milk until his fists unclenched.
  — Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2023
• That has become a bit of a rallying cry for some in the state with small shops selling T-shirts emblazoned with the phrase.
  — Brynn Gingras, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
• Her neighbors didn't notice anything out of the ordinary and never heard the boy cry for help.
  — Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Dec. 2024
• Despite the cry for new episodes, Yellowstone viewers shouldn't hold their breath.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 24 Aug. 2023
• The noise was enough to bring children pouring out of the house, including a girl heard crying for her daddy through the pile of debris.
  — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024