decries
- present tense form of decry (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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But the homeless estimates Pratt decries aren’t something those two have cooked up in a boardroom.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
She criticizes helicopter parenting, decries remote work and tells women they should be willing to “piss people off” in order to be good leaders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
It also decries the government’s freezing of $584 million in research grant funding.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2025
Josh Svaty, who assists renewable energy companies seeking county-level approval and lobbies for them at the Kansas Statehouse, decries how opponents can make local officials’ lives “absolutely miserable.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2024
Better Joe hath suggested some specific remedies, which Isaac the Joiner decries loudly as the cant of heathenish superstition; and indeed, one wonders at the applications of bone.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
