scream for
verb
screamed for; screaming for; screams for
informal
1
: to demand or need (something)
People are screaming for news about the virus.
These policies just scream out for reform.
2
: to be very suitable or appropriate for (something)
Hot summer days like this just scream for ice cream and visits to the pool.
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The audience groaned, while Vergara and Mel B screamed for Strange to stop jabbing at his partner through the box.
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Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 17 June 2026
Twelve-year-old neighbor Knox Racioppo said woke up to the sound of cries from a woman screaming for help on Monday.
—Lauren Linder, CBS News, 15 June 2026
At the time of the incident, neighbor Abdul Begawala said his wife heard the sound of gunshots and saw a young man lying on the ground and his mother standing over him screaming for help.
—Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
On the morning of Friday, May 29, a garbage truck driver had emptied a recycling dumpster into the compactor, only to suddenly hear a man screaming for help inside.
—Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
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Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 17 June 2026
Twelve-year-old neighbor Knox Racioppo said woke up to the sound of cries from a woman screaming for help on Monday.
—Lauren Linder, CBS News, 15 June 2026
At the time of the incident, neighbor Abdul Begawala said his wife heard the sound of gunshots and saw a young man lying on the ground and his mother standing over him screaming for help.
—Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
On the morning of Friday, May 29, a garbage truck driver had emptied a recycling dumpster into the compactor, only to suddenly hear a man screaming for help inside.
—Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
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“Scream for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scream%20for. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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