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Advice for strivers criers: Have fun with it — town criers are often needed distractions from the heavy things in life, says Fiore-Walker.—Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024 Merchants and town criers shout out at you from every corner, while characters debate and fight as pickpockets roam the streets.—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025 In centuries past, a town crier would read out the news or announcements to villagers, many of them illiterate.—Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024 Yes, that modern-day town crier appears on our map.—Corey Hutchins, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for town crier
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