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cry out

verb

to scream or shout aloud, esp in pain, terror, etc
informal.
often foll by for to demand in an obvious manner
our inner cities are crying out for redevelopment
for crying out loud informal.
for crying out loud an exclamation of anger or dismay

For now, all they can do is call their loved ones—and cry out for a rescue.

“Pure and simple, these photos cry out for justice,” he said.

Yet matters that cry out for serious national attention are ignored.

When out and about, if we feel threatened, as we always do, we tilt our heads back and cry out, “ALL THE SINGLE LADIES!”

“The first human creature Tupac Shakur felt the need to cry out for in his pain was not a friend but his mother,” Kempton noted.

Antirosa had decided it was better to let the children "have their cry out," and the boy had gone to school.

For the stone shall cry out of the wall: and the timber that is between the joints of the building, shall answer.

One thing seemed to be sufficiently demonstrated: our current was so tremendous that it killed before the victim could cry out.

Men began to cry out that De Valmont no longer gave back the Norman's blows; only parried.

Then he made out that the anchor was being lifted; and he was tempted to spring up and cry out to them to stay.

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