Example Sentences

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"We have been crying for days. You can't imagine what we feel. Everyone here in Syria lost family. Everyone was suffering."

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2024

We are really strong in defence and midfield, but we have been crying out for a new striker and I can't believe we didn't bring one in in January.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2024

For days, residents, many of whom were already surviving on foreign aid, have been crying out for humanitarian assistance and search-and-rescue support for their forgotten pocket.

From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2023

“People around the country, families have been crying out for that policy agenda and that’s what they’re saying they want. Nothing changes, we’re going to try and expand on the work that we’ve already done.”

From Washington Times • Sep. 27, 2022

The whites of her eyes were bloodshot, which is what happens when you have been crying or staring too hard for too long at something.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd