hue and cries

plural of hue and cry
as in noises
a violent shouting the hue and cry in the classroom when someone let loose a snake

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Noun
  • Even within the walls of the apartment, there was the hum of the refrigerator, the soft ticking of a radio alarm clock and the clock in the VCR, the submarine tlack of the cassette reversing in the answering machine, and other little noises.
    Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
  • Unpredictable hours, loud noises, finicky clients, wrenches, needles.
    Jane Bua, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Grant Park also won’t hear the roars of NASCAR’s Chicago Street Race, a two-day extravaganza, now on a one-year hiatus, that filled the lakefront and downtown hotels in 2025.
    Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
  • Both of them suggest the guitarist Loren Connors leading the early roars of Earth, his intuitive way of navigating the instrument’s neck bolstered by a formidable wall of hum at his back.
    Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • At that point, a loud drum fill announces itself, snarling electric guitars kick in and McCartney’s trademark howls of old arrive in time for a fairly kick-ass chorus.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 23 May 2026
  • It’s installed bioacoustic cameras in Yellowstone to track wolves and analyze their howls.
    Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
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“Hue and cries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hue%20and%20cries. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.

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