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Example sentences for: cries

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Wahlberg is heartbreakingly natural as this ignorant naif; he cries out to be protected, like a puppy whose paws and ears are still disproportionately large.
When the baby cries, the mother starts nursing reflexively, often without really waking up.
If there is a race that cries out for a New York version of Jesse Ventura (where is ex-mayoral candidate Norman Mailer when we need him?)
Can you name the candidate for each of these rallying cries?
On the other hand, there's this from a veteran who claims to have been there, quoted in the NYT : "On summer nights when the breeze is blowing, I can still hear their cries, the little kids screaming."