How to Use cry out in a Sentence

cry out

verb
  • This is the kind of thing that cries out for satire.
    — Jonathan Zimmerman, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Don’t just let the toddler cry out and not do anything.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Her spawn siblings cried out as she was carried past them.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026
  • Colin cried out in surprise and pain.
    — Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
  • In her grief, Claire drapes her body over her beloved’s and just cries out in pain.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 15 May 2026
  • Feel free to let the cry out—and proudly love on your weepy nature.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Their mother cried out in anguish.
    — ABC News, 27 June 2026
  • Roberts cried out as the studio broke out into laughter.
    — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Lina cried out, stumbling backward.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Lina cried out, stumbling backward.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Fans on the lawn cried out as each arrow penetrated his chest.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • This tells only a sliver of the story that cries out for sunlight.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
  • Some people climbed the remnants of buildings and cried out names, hoping for any proof of life.
    — Regina Cano Garcia, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
  • As the widespread applause died down, someone was still crying out.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
  • This gross misuse of taxpayer money cries out for a call to action.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2026
  • Weren’t readers crying out for tips on how to make their daffodils golden and hostly?
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Vonn was heard crying out in agony as medical staff surrounded her.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Dinah cries out for her Uncle Mike Downey and runs into his arms.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
  • The video of Hodges crying out plaintively is the antithesis of how a cop wants to be seen.
    — Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Hodges cried out in pain, and managed to shake the man off before his eye was permanently damaged.
    — Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
  • My husband did better – barely nipping the hedgerows and never crying out.
    — Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Nov. 2025
  • The children reportedly cried out for their mother as she was driven away, the lawsuit said.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
  • At times, he has been left on the bench too long when Liverpool have been crying out for inspiration.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Love collapses, and her mother cries out several times before the body camera footage ends.
    — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
  • Bells are then honored as vital sentinels during floods, crying out that the barricades have given way.
    — Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
  • In one emotional video, Kelly can be heard crying out as the crew moves the manatee out of the water.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Kash also films discreetly from inside her purse as her daughter begins pushing and crying out in pain in the waiting room.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Skeletor, meanwhile, was joyously evil, the sort of scenery-chewing villain who's crying out for a moustache to twirl.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 1 June 2026
  • The noise of the engines, the mounting anxiety of his wife and sister-in-law, who may have cried out as the plane nose-dived, could only have increased his own.
    — Jeffrey Eugenides, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The video showed that during the second time, the dog latched onto Evans’ left forearm and violently thrashed as Evans cried out in pain.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2026

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