How to Use cry for in a Sentence

cry for

verb
  • Which is either a selling point or a cry for help.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 13 May 2026
  • My wife couldn't stop crying for almost three months.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Todd Brook fought for his own life every day but cried for hers.
    — Dawn White, CBS News, 5 June 2026
  • There were homers every night and daily cries for him to be called up.
    — Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026
  • Neighbor Ray Miller heard the cries for help.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Despite her cries for help, the suspect grabbed her and took her cell phone.
    — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Smith was able to escape and reach the shore, where three bystanders heard his cries for help.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
  • On the first Sunday back at their old church, Karen cried for hours.
    — New York Times, 26 May 2026
  • And then there’s that line about wishing you were here to see it, which leaps from his throat like a cry for help.
    — Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 11 Jan. 2026
  • And our current support systems are poorly equipped to catch these cries for help.
    — Artis Stevens, Time, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Newman’s God is laughing at our prayers, sneering at our cries for help.
    — Time, 6 May 2026
  • Their failure to do so speaks louder than present cries for disclosure.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The attack was interrupted by two hikers who heard her cries for help.
    — ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The attack was interrupted by two hikers who heard her cries for help.
    — Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Moments after the gunmen left you, those teenagers were heard crying for help on the sidewalk.
    — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 5 May 2026
  • Argentina should not waste its tears crying for Rachel Zegler.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Two bystanders intervened after hearing the woman’s cries for help, deputies said.
    — Sacbee.com, 8 June 2026
  • Fellow residents said Williams' cries for help in the hours before his death went ignored by staff members.
    — Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Thousands of buildings reduced to rubble and cries for help from people trapped beneath mountains of concrete.
    — Sarah Moreno july 2, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
  • Those deaths led to cries for accountability and transparency.
    — Dallas Morning News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • His story became a rallying cry for those opposed to the mass deportation plans.
    — Zach Wichter, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Two Good Samaritans apparently heard the women cry for help and ran over.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 8 June 2026
  • My hope is that our campaign resonates with people from all walks of life and serves as a rallying cry for all of us to protect birthright citizenship.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2026
  • If your little one came out with high standards—an old soul that cries for Eames, maybe—this bed will satisfy their craving for a dignified bottom bunk.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 27 Jan. 2026
  • New York wildlife volunteers say cries for help are pouring in about animals struggling in the record cold and persistent snow this winter.
    — John Dias, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Neighbors reportedly found the child crying for his parents outside the apartment complex.
    — Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Garner said two women who heard Arielle Konig's cries for help saw Gerhardt Konig holding a rock in one hand while on top of his wife.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • An analysis of those cases revealed a pattern among women arrested for low-level charges, who said they were not given proper care in jail and had their cries for help ignored.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC news, 7 May 2026
  • This is a message disguised as concrete poetry; the materiality of language conceals a cry for help.
    — Daniel R. Quiles, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
  • That was the challenge from the beginning, because nobody wants to watch someone cry for 120 minutes – not even in Europe.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026

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