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cry for

VERB
pray
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ask beseech recite urge
STRONG
adjure appeal brace crave entreat implore importune invoke petition request say solicit sue supplicate
WEAK
commune with invocate
Antonyms
STRONG
answer refuse

Example Sentences

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If that’s not a cry for help, I don’t know what is.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

Do not cry for Kelly, he can sleep gently on a thick mattress of $100 bills.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

"It was a cry for help," he said.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

Online ravings about “tiger blood” and “winning!” earned him a Live Nation tour with a cry for help as its title: “My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not An Option.”

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2025

I let myself cry and cry and cry, for what I’d just done to Rondell.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña