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Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cry (for)
Verb
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Back home in Lansing, Latavia and the children huddled together and wept.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025 -
His mother quietly wept at times as the other parents described their grief.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Murray, in turn, was asked to be a two-way player in ways that were not necessarily originally expected for the young prospect with a deft shooting touch.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Get people to ask hard questions about everything and not to trust anything on its face.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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All of which begs the question, can—and should—Europe use the once-in-a-generation opportunity presented by decarbonization to reboot its own renewables supply chain, creating green jobs and sustainable wealth for the future?—
Andrew Saunders,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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Ever since Long and Tate starred in Theodore Witcher’s debut, Love Jones, fans of the cult classic have been begging for a sequel.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This move led Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin to believe that Browns GM Andrew Berry may come to regret.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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According to the data, 46% of parents regret not achieving more milestones before kids.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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There’s something moaning in the background.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
10 Oct. 2025
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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
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 19 Oct. 2025.
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