cry out

British  

verb

1. to scream or shout aloud, esp in pain, terror, etc

2. informal (often foll by for) to demand in an obvious manner

   our inner cities are crying out for redevelopment

3. informal an exclamation of anger or dismay

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Example Sentences

Cry out she must—and if he did not hear and went galloping on his way she would have betrayed herself and be lost.

From The Shuttle by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Cry out and come near; for my ears may not hearken, And my eyes are grown dim as the eyes of the dying.

From Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough by Morris, William

Cry out, O groan, O land of Pheres, for the most excellent woman, wasting with sickness, departing beneath the earth to the infernal Pluto.

From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides

Cry out, call for help—do what you like—but think first what will it mean for you.

From High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn by Anonymous

Cry out, then, with the Royal prophet: "Make the way known to me, wherein I should walk; for I have lifted up my soul to Thee."

From Vocations Explained Matrimony, Virginity, The Religious State and The Priesthood by Anonymous

Related Words

• affirm
• assert
• declare
• demonstrate
• fight
• insist
• maintain
• object
• oppose
• resist
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