a desperate cry

Frequency: 6.57.8 per million words

A cry showing a sense of hopelessness or extreme need.

cryADJECTIVE + cry (noun: shout/loud noise)

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desperate

Examples (10)

  • Her suicide attempt was really a desperate cry for help.
  • Trapped in the collapsed building, he let out a desperate cry for rescuers.
  • The injured fox gave a desperate cry as the trap closed on its leg.
  • Upon hearing the tragic news, a desperate cry escaped her lips.
  • I was jolted awake by his desperate cry in the middle of the night; he must have been having a nightmare.
  • The mass protests were a desperate cry from a community ignored for too long.
  • A single desperate cry from the wounded soldier echoed across the silent battlefield.
  • Through the storm, we could barely hear the desperate cry of the sailors on the sinking ship.
  • His erratic behavior was a silent, desperate cry for attention.
  • We heard a desperate cry just as the boat began to sink.