cry of distress

collocation in English

meaningsofcryanddistress

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cry
noun
uk
/kraɪ/us
/kraɪ/
a loud, high sound that expresses ...
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distress
noun[U]
uk
/dɪˈstres/us
/dɪˈstres/
a feeling of extreme worry, sadness, ...
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(Definition ofcryanddistressfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcry of distress

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Why is it that last winter and last summer thecryofdistresswas so great that charitable people were asked to help?
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The animal thrusts its tongue out and utters a greatcryofdistress.
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Obviously it is not difficult to accept thecryofdistressfrom the directors of these two theatres when they say that if this taxation continues both theatres must close.
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Thecryofdistressis the summons to relief...
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When the bird gives only a shrillcryofdistress, the cat devours it, bones and all.
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Cries of distress from individual victims are still reaching us today from this humanitarian disaster.
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We hear frequently, and quite rightly, cries of distress concerning the grave burden of taxation in this country.
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Eminent gentleman after eminent gentleman got up and emitted cries of distress.
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Get the facts from doctors, from sisters and nurses, those who hear the cries of distress during their lonely vigils, the still, but not quiet, watches of the night.
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This produces a wailing sound, simulating the cries of distress of the victim.
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Another fox hears its cries of distress and advises it that it will have to remain there until it becomes as thin as when it entered.
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