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cry - use in sentences
Converse of object
- rally: Save the Whale was a rallying cry for the 80s, symbolizing a realization of the damage humans were inflicting on the planet.
- utter: Even Tinker had uttered a small cry of astonishment.
Adjective modifier
- shrill: Such critics usually have little to offer as a clarion call beyond the shrill cry for evermore unbridled liberty.
- plaintive: Volume and diction are very important - my plaintive cry of ' I can't hear you!
- far: A far cry from the romantic solo ballads to follow.
- loud: St John records neither the Eloi, nor the Father into thy hands, nor the loud cry.
Noun used with modifier
- tsx: Symbol tsx cry or performances are is taking that.
Preposition: of
- anguish: God help us, the whole place seems to be screaming, a massive primeval cry of anguish.
- despair: The general strike itself was a cry of despair from the whole of the country.
Preposition: with
- laughter: The last time I saw him he actually made me cry with laughter.
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