cry of despair
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcryanddespair
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cry
noun
uk/kraɪ/us/kraɪ/
a loud, high sound that expresses ...
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despair
noun[U]
uk/dɪˈspeər/us/dɪˈsper/
the feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or ...
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(Definition ofcryanddespairfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is thecryofdespairnot to indicate to young people leaving school this week the sort of future they can expect.
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That was acryofdespairand impotence to the rest of the world.
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Such a destructivecryofdespairdemands a serious political answer.
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This recommendation was, in a sense, acryofdespair.
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That was acryofdespairfrom an enthusiast and idealist.
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It amounted, in part, to a virtualcryofdespair, but it also contained a warning.
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It sounds more like thecryofdespairfrom parents who tell children to stop growing out of their clothes.
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There is a risingcryofdespairin my constituency.
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We have just heard what really, on the final analysis, was acryofdespair.
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It was acryofdespairwhich be made.
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First, thecryofdespairof the people who have no homes, who are in overcrowded accommodation or who are badly housed—the people we meet in our surgeries—must be heard.
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It is acryofdespair.
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It is almost acryofdespair.
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Mahler called the climax of the movement, which occurs near the end, sometimes acryofdespair, and sometimes a death-shriek.
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This would be a double burden upon an industry already seriously harassed and uttering cries of despair about present prospects.
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Put simply, he should hear their cries of despair.
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They have been expressing their anxieties for up to five years, and those expressions are now growing into cries of despair, because nothing ever happens in response to them.
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