How to Use scream for in a Sentence

scream for

verb
  • She can be heard screaming for help.
    — Pratish Narayanan, Bloomberg, 14 Jan. 2026
  • That song is screaming for a fiddle and a banjo.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2026
  • Barring injuries, the overage here screams for a trade.
    — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • Founding Fathers screamed for ice cream!
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
  • This is a category that is screaming for a shake-up.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 May 2026
  • Her father screamed for help and laid her on the ground, the family member added.
    — Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The girls started to scream for help and tried to escape as the suspect started to drive away.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The girls started to scream for help and tried to escape as the suspect started to drive away.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The girls started to scream for help and tried to escape as the suspect started to drive away.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The woman then ran onto a balcony and screamed for help, alerting her husband.
    — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
  • The same survey found that nearly all Americans scream for ice cream.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Plus, the supportive design won’t leave your feet screaming for a break halfway through the day.
    — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2026
  • Gerhardt fled the scene when two hikers who heard Arielle's screams for help called 911.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The sound of spinning tires on some of the streets is like a scream for help after Sunday's snowstorm.
    — Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • And the team this man was screaming for was a dozen or so points behind the opponents with just seconds left on the clock.
    — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Neighbors heard the woman screaming for help and one resident came outside and told the man to stop.
    — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026
  • Witnesses told police that the woman was screaming for help, and one neighbor came outside to tell the man to stop.
    — Briauna Brown, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • Passersby continued to gawk and gape as screams for the finale continued inside.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Prior to first responders arriving on the scene, a bystander heard a man screaming for help in the river.
    — Patrick Damp, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • And what could be more rebellious than sending a roomful of serious cinephiles screaming for the exits?
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 15 May 2026
  • The first officer to arrive heard screams for help before finding Kit Boucher in the icy water.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Twelve-year-old neighbor Knox Racioppo said woke up to the sound of cries from a woman screaming for help on Monday.
    — Lauren Linder, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • The victim's scream for help garnered the attention of other residents in the building who entered the dorm hallway.
    — Riley Rourke, CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • The audience groaned, while Vergara and Mel B screamed for Strange to stop jabbing at his partner through the box.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 17 June 2026
  • She was rescued after two hikers heard her screams for help, police previously said in a probable cause affidavit.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The organization would like him to work on his play away from the puck, but as the deadline nears, Howard’s offence from the minors is screaming for a call-up.
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Harvard-Westlake fans were screaming for the Wolverines to box out, knowing how crucial a potential miss could be for them.
    — Dan Rios, Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The rematch was more like a wrestling match, players hitting the floor and coaches screaming for fouls that weren’t called — just like in the first Final Four game.
    — John Marshall, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The neighbors gathering, shouting, whistling, screaming for help… help that is a message of love but like all love powerless to prevent the hurt from happening.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Officers found a 2012 black Nissan sedan submerged in a retention pond with a child screaming for help.
    — Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 13 Jan. 2026

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