How to Use town crier in a Sentence

town crier

noun

• Without question, town crier Tony Appleton has been the most anxious about the arrival of the new prince.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 23 Apr. 2018
• So far, the live feed has captured Tony Appleton, a town crier, announce the baby's birth.
  — Lyndsey Matthews, Town & Country, 23 Apr. 2018
• Watch him in action here: Appleton is clearly well-versed in the duties of town crier.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 18 Apr. 2018
• So much so, that there won't be a traditional Lindo Wing photo or town crier.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 11 Apr. 2019
• Like a town crier of old, Mendez began shouting, in the tongue of his Tarahumara mother, an invitation to the four corners of Santa Rita.
  — John MacCormack, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Dec. 2020
• As several hosts noted, an unofficial—some might say fake—town crier made the birth announcement on the steps of the hospital.
  — Laura Bradley, HWD, 24 Apr. 2018
• Twitter’s tighter embrace of news comes as Facebook Inc. is softening its pursuit of becoming the town crier.
  — Georgia Wells, WSJ, 13 June 2018
• Tony Appleton, a town crier from southeast England, showed up in full regalia to declare the newborn prince’s birth outside the hospital.
  — Sylvia Hui, The Seattle Times, 23 Apr. 2018
• Though the town crier is a sham, there is an official way for royal births to be announced, Corden noted: a framed birth notice sits atop a golden easel outside Buckingham Palace.
  — Laura Bradley, HWD, 24 Apr. 2018
• Another piece depicts a veker, the traditional town crier who wakes the devoted at dawn for morning penance, holding a lantern at a window, also with no arms.
  — Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2021
• In several American colonies, instead of prison terms, certain criminals had their town crier access suspended for two years.
  — Washington Post, 24 June 2021
• In addition to his town crier responsibilities, Appleton owns a small elderly care home in Great Baddow, near Chelmsford.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 18 Apr. 2018
• The most important roles of local reporters are to play watchdog and town crier on policy and legislative issues happening in our own hyperlocal area to keep residents informed, aware and prepared to advocate when necessary.
  — baltimoresun.com, 17 Mar. 2021
• Byanyima’s organization serves as the town crier at the World Economic Forum’s various annual events, warning the global jet-setting elites of the yawning divides their policies have created.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 4 Aug 2024