How to Use decry in a Sentence

decry

verb

• In her article, she decries the pollution of the environment by manufacturers.
• Violence on television is generally decried as harmful to children.
• The video was decried by many on the left and right as racist.
  — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
• The move was decried by Democrats.
  — Cory Turner, NPR, 26 Mar. 2026
• Watchdog groups have decried the strict laws.
  — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
• Investors, decrying the lack of specifics, sold off stocks.
  — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
• City and state officials have decried the move.
  — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2025
• People were decrying that at the time.
  — ABC News, 17 May 2026
• Hurst then decried the plight of white men in the United States.
  — The Washington Post, oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2019
• The move sparked backlash from Democrats, who decried the complaint as overblown.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
• White groups statewide decried the success of people of color.
  — Janet Wilson, ProPublica, 9 Nov. 2023
• The group’s ads on his past felony bank fraud charges were decried by Ford as slanderous.
  — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
• Not every billionaire has decried the wealth tax idea.
  — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
• The unions have decried this as a threat to workers’ job security.
  — Kuwar Singh, Quartz India, 3 Oct. 2019
• Advocates have been decrying the use of strip searches for years.
  — Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2025
• But each mourns for Good’s life and decries the American tragedy that is her killing.
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2026
• Hochul decried the indictment against James.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2025
• Others have decried the $1 billion cost of a permanent seat on the board.
  — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 22 Jan. 2026
• Some parents though have decried the bans and their effectiveness.
  — ABC News, 9 June 2026
• Activists have decried the decision as hypocrisy.
  — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
• Cole decried some of the comments about ICE on the House floor.
  — Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
• Others decry that the move-over isn’t explicitly called out in one of the rules or stated as a fifth rule.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
• Heretic marks the first time that a film has specifically decried AI use.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
• Most of Gantz’s fellows in the Blue and White party decried this move.
  — Zachary Evans, National Review, 23 Apr. 2020
• That’s not the only Intel-like move hardware junkies are likely to decry.
  — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 16 June 2020
• These same groups are likely to decry the caste census, Muttreja said.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
• Zandi isn’t alone in decrying how stuck the housing market has become.
  — Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
• While some purists decry the prequels and never-ending spinoffs, Sansweet doesn’t see it that way.
  — Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Nov. 2021
• Ford has also decried ads against him that focus on criminal charges from more than a decade ago as slanderous.
  — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
• But after about a month, signs decrying the barking of those dogs began appearing around the park.
  — Jessica Contrera, chicagotribune.com, 6 Sep. 2019