cried (for)

verb

Definition of cried (for)next
past tense of cry (for)
1
as in wailed (for)

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2
as in clamored (for)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cried (for)
  1. asked
  2. begged
  3. regretted
Verb
  • Adding to the political theater, the Santa Cruz County prosecutors, who took on the case due to a conflict of interest in the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, asked a judge to dismiss the charges last month.
    Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Wes Anderson, a Microsoft vice president who oversaw teams working with the Defense Department, asked his staff to prepare forecasts showing which customers were expected to become paying G5 users at the end of the White House Offer, three people who worked in sales told ProPublica.
    Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of asked
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  • The family has begged the public to alert authorities to anyone matching the dancer’s description.
    Rebekah Riess, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
  • This find begged many questions for researchers about the sophistication of these ancient species.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of begged
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  • Engadget further reported that regretted attrition, or workers choosing to leave the company, occurred twice as often as unregretted attrition, or layoffs and firings, and that only one out of three new hires in 2021 stayed with the company for 90 or more days.
    Bhakti Mirchandani, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • When that conversation became a Rolling Stone story, Canada regretted it almost immediately.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of regretted
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cried down

cried (for)

cried off

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