How to Use crier in a Sentence

crier

noun
  • Here's what's on the mind of the global village's town crier.
    Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 May 1998
  • Among the criers were some of the least decorous people in the country.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Randall, the show’s crier-in-chief, struggles with the very meaning of life.
    Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 25 May 2022
  • The old newspapers were called that, and there were criers that went from town to town singing the news, like in Robin Hood.
    Chuck Dauphin, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2017
  • But perhaps the movies’ most ferocious crier is Glenn Close.
    New York Times, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Not bad for a man being skewered as a crazy wolf-crier just one month before his film opened.
    Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 23 Feb. 2017
  • The criers weren’t stigmatized or diminished in the eyes of those who witnessed.
    Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com, 30 Aug. 2017
  • The crier’s job includes spreading the news of the day, serving as an ambassador for the town, and taking photos with tourists.
    Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Citadelle, who Ali said is not a crier, teared up after the Scott brothers surprised her with the news of the renovation.
    Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com, 4 May 2022
  • Moner is already one of the great criers of recent screen history.
    Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 23 June 2017
  • When no wolf was found, the crier lost all credibility.
    Fortune, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Those below them were sorted into three groups: eyes, criers, and butchers.
    Sean Williams, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
  • In her interview with Erin Andrews, Emma cops to being an easy crier.
    Amy Watts, baltimoresun.com, 24 May 2017
  • The Casagrandes are college professors, nurses, entrepreneurs and one of them is even a professional crier.
    Nicole Chavez, CNN, 26 Oct. 2019
  • With his uncombed mop of hair and sneering Queens accent, Breslin was a confessor and town crier and sometimes seemed like a character right out of his own work.
    Verena Dobnik, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2017
  • Later still, to the amusement of some villagers and the dismay of others, Salka insists on wearing trousers, and becomes both a union organizer for the fishermen and a towering crier-out against injustice.
    Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Another study found that men were much less willing to help crying men than crying women, while women's willingness to help didn't drastically differ depending on the crier's gender.
    Whizy Kim, refinery29.com, 24 June 2021
  • Rosebrooks is the former president of Putnam Business Association and is a philanthropist, social activist and town crier who is always committed to the community.
    Courant Community, 22 May 2017

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