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Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cry (for)
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So only one overwhelmed person at a time was allowed to weep when daily frustrations piled up, like barely being able to keep up with a busy lunch crowd or when the aluminum on the bottom of the pan burned and ruined the custard, forcing them to throw it away and waste dozens of eggs.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025 -
The unique human capacity to weep may have evolved to strengthen social bonds and generate common knowledge regarding our inner states.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Sep. 2025
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Both friends asked not to be named due to concerns about potential harassment.—
Jack Moore,
ABC News,
25 Sep. 2025
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The Food and Drug Administration, Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Agriculture Department, the Labor Department, the National Park Service, and the National Nuclear Security Administration have all asked ex-employees to return to work.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Sep. 2025
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Her lack of emotion baffles the people around her, who expect, or even require, keening expressions of grief.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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The aunties kneel and sway and hug on the living-room floor, keening dramatically one minute, chuckling over their cellphones the next.—
Namwali Serpell,
The New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2025
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Hours earlier, his team was begging us & the Adams campaign to join their publicity stunt lawsuit against @ABC7.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Sep. 2025
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Now there’s a story begging for its own miniseries, and a reminder that the stakes are pretty high.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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Months from now, even years from now, the Rams (2-1) may still regret this loss.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Sep. 2025
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Conservatives who cheer now will regret it when the pendulum swings.—
Jesse Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The deputies ultimately roll him over before putting on handcuffs as Mull can be heard moaning in pain.—
Nathaniel Percy,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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The recognizable munchies didn't stop the cast members from moaning, groaning and throwing up as usual.—
Breanne L. Heldman,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The trope tends to elegize artists who are perceived to be ahead of their time or otherwise inimical to regnant conventions.—
Peter Schjeldahl,
The New Yorker,
19 July 2021
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Spielberg h as chosen to elegize the story by romanticizing it, swathing the characters in Norman Rockwell attitudes, a meddlesome symphonic score, and a golden fairy dust that shines through the windows like God's blessing.—
Eliza Berman,
Time,
5 Oct. 2017
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“Cry (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cry%20%28for%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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