agonized cry
Frequency: 6.23.1 per million words
A loud, pained vocal sound expressing extreme suffering.
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Examples (10)
- A wounded soldier let out an agonized cry on the battlefield.
- We heard an agonized cry from the woods and immediately called for help.
- As the verdict was read, an agonized cry escaped her lips.
- The trapped fox gave an agonized cry as it struggled to free its leg.
- His agonized cry echoed through the empty hospital corridor.
- The character in the play's final scene utters a single, agonized cry of despair.
- I woke up to the sound of my own agonized cry after a terrible nightmare.
- The creature's agonized cry was a mix of rage and unbearable pain.
- An agonized cry was the only response he could muster upon seeing the wreckage.
- The sheer grief in her agonized cry moved everyone in the room to tears.