How to Use crier in a Sentence

crier

noun
  • Megan cried a lot, and Megan’s not a crier.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 29 Nov. 2025
  • Longing for the days of the town crier?
    — Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • Here's what's on the mind of the global village's town crier.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 May 1998
  • Alex has never been the crier, but she's been real weepy since that last day.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 26 May 2023
  • Among the criers were some of the least decorous people in the country.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Among the criers were some of the least decorous people in the country.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Mar. 2024
  • So gather ’round with a box of tissues—then read ’em and weep, fellow criers.
    — Rachel Dlugatch, Longreads, 18 July 2023
  • Randall, the show’s crier-in-chief, struggles with the very meaning of life.
    — Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 25 May 2022
  • Not bad for a man being skewered as a crazy wolf-crier just one month before his film opened.
    — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 23 Feb. 2017
  • Moner is already one of the great criers of recent screen history.
    — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 23 June 2017
  • The criers weren’t stigmatized or diminished in the eyes of those who witnessed.
    — Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com, 30 Aug. 2017
  • Throughout much of his 54 years, Questlove had never been much of a crier.
    — Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The old newspapers were called that, and there were criers that went from town to town singing the news, like in Robin Hood.
    — Chuck Dauphin, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Gosling is a beautiful crier, and his character’s journey seems destined to end in tears.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The crier’s job includes spreading the news of the day, serving as an ambassador for the town, and taking photos with tourists.
    — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Because even for those who aren’t criers, strong feelings are not an uncommon reaction to meeting Blume.
    — Michael Stillwell, Town & Country, 24 Apr. 2023
  • In her interview with Erin Andrews, Emma cops to being an easy crier.
    — Amy Watts, baltimoresun.com, 24 May 2017
  • Citadelle, who Ali said is not a crier, teared up after the Scott brothers surprised her with the news of the renovation.
    — Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com, 4 May 2022
  • The Casagrandes are college professors, nurses, entrepreneurs and one of them is even a professional crier.
    — Nicole Chavez, CNN, 26 Oct. 2019
  • Christopher was born in Bermuda, where his father is a reggae musician and the town crier of Hamilton, the capital city.
    — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Surprisingly zero so far, which is a lot coming from me, especially being the ugly crier of season 49.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Another study found that men were much less willing to help crying men than crying women, while women's willingness to help didn't drastically differ depending on the crier's gender.
    — Whizy Kim, refinery29.com, 24 June 2021
  • Later still, to the amusement of some villagers and the dismay of others, Salka insists on wearing trousers, and becomes both a union organizer for the fishermen and a towering crier-out against injustice.
    — Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Rosebrooks is the former president of Putnam Business Association and is a philanthropist, social activist and town crier who is always committed to the community.
    — Courant Community, 22 May 2017

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