How to Use cry for in a Sentence

cry for

phrasal verb

• When his cries for help fall on deaf ears, he’s forced to take matters into his own hands.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2024
• Her toast served as a rallying cry for a more inclusive and equitable AI future.
  — Pranav Dixit, TIME, 17 Sep. 2024
• Right now, only Ben Affleck can answer if his haircut is a cry for help or simply an experiment.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 6 Aug. 2024
• Many feature photos of bloody sanitary pads and fetal solids, and many more feature cries for help from women fleeing abusive partners or fearing for the health of their existing children.
  — Emily Baker-White, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
• Witness video shows him on the ground, crying for help.
  — Jamie Ross, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
• Since the war began, al-Bayad said her baby cries for hours.
  — Daniel Wolfe, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
• In between their cries for justice came tears – and long, silent hugs.
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 23 Oct. 2023
• Rothe used the service as a rallying cry for the synod.
  — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• The Spanish-language hit emerged as a rallying cry for the red-hot Mets.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024
• The crew of the Mayan Queen lowered its life raft with three of its own crew, and followed the cries for help, pulling 15 men onboard, the captain said.
  — Matina Stevis-Gridneff, New York Times, 21 June 2023
• The introvert inside you cries for a night alone with the glow of a movie or a book light, and a glass of something to curl up with and sip on.
  — Katie Toussaint, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Her cries for help attracted a neighbor who tried to use water to put out the fire, but the efforts were in vain.
  — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 Sep. 2024
• In the clip, the teenager can be heard speaking to a paramedic, crying for help and describing a tank close by.
  — Helen Regan, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
• The comment has since gone viral, become a rallying cry for the left.
  — Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2024
• Adams says critics have described her choice to marry herself as a cry for help.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 28 May 2023
• However, to a croc, a human baby’s screams may sound less like a cry for help—and more like a dinner bell.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Aug. 2023
• Lying on a hard bed of cornmeal, each man cried for milk until his fists unclenched.
  — Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2023
• Despite the cry for new episodes, Yellowstone viewers shouldn't hold their breath.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 24 Aug. 2023
• The noise was enough to bring children pouring out of the house, including a girl heard crying for her daddy through the pile of debris.
  — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
• Seven-year-old Zahra Jaber cried for her mother as she was lifted onto the plane on a stretcher.
  — Hala Gorani, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2024
• Here’s an irony, though: the list of the top singles of the year is dominated by dudes — so, on a commercial level, don’t cry for them.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 25 July 2024
• He was discovered by a group of teenagers who heard his cries for help on Thursday afternoon.
  — Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2023
• The two executives who did were put on leave after the cries for boycotts started.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
• Some are glamorous, some are deeply silly, and others are a naked cry for attention.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2023
• But excessive posting could be a sign of a larger mental health issue in teens or a cry for help.
  — Kristina Behr, Parents, 13 June 2024
• For years, that phrase has been the rallying cry for climate advocates.
  — Alice Hill, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2023
• Police found that 38 people heard the woman cry for help, The New York Times reported after the murder.
  — Kerry J. Byrne Fox News, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2024
• The cries for closure had reached a peak in 1986 when a youth at the facility hanged himself in solitary confinement.
  — Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• For long hours on that day, countless Israeli civilians were crying for help that in too many cases didn’t arrive in time.
  — Avner Cohen, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2023
• Related coverage: When will Josh Naylor be able to answer the Guardians’ cry for help?
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024