cries off

present tense third-person singular of cry off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cries off
Verb
  • After her family cancels holiday plans at the last minute, Nell decides to spend the week of Christmas having fun on her own!
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The Federal Emergency Management Agency cancels National Fire Training Academy classes.
    Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Miami had a relatively balanced offense in the first two years, but the offense has lost its big-play bite, and consistently abandons the run.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Some of them are barely recipes at all; sometimes Nosrat abandons the form entirely.
    Dan Kois, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But then Belly scraps her Parisian plans and pledges her young life to Jeremiah, a rising super senior at Finch majoring in getting high and going to Cabo (which, quite honestly, is more age-appropriate than a wedding).
    Vogue, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Missouri isn’t a state that automatically revokes a police license when an officer is convicted of a serious crime.
    Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Termination can occur immediately if the NBPA suspends or revokes an agent’s certification, but Turner capably performed his duties.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Cries off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cries%20off. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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