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cried out against

vb. (en-past of: cry out against)

Usage examples of "cried out against".

Hurst and Miss Bingley both cried out against the injustice of her implied doubt, and were both protesting that they knew many women who answered this description, when Mr.

Well might he avoid the Tower, for its very stones would have cried out against him!

A slight demonstration in his behalf was made in the city of London, where the apprentices, incited by his partisans, cried out against his arrest, but the rioters were speedily put down by the train-bands.

And all the while, Fulbra cried out against him in a frenzy, as if fearing that he would take the ring.

The world has cried out against us both, but it has always worshipped you.

I danced in my grief and amazement till I could recover my breath, and then I danced and cried out against the falseness of this world.

Casaverius had been a likeable man and Tubruk knew the gods cried out against those that hurt the good.

As they clambered to the rocks Taran heard a tormented groaning and creaking from the gates, as though they had gained their own voice and cried out against the onslaught of the waves.

The doctor's views of the glory of his profession cried out against this wretched haggling, and yet what was he to do?

Hereupon all three, and the old Miss Grant as well, cried out against this sally, which (as I was acquainted with the verses he referred to) brought shame into my own check.

The reaction brought despondency -- our nerves, accustomed to the constant stimulus of excitement, cried out against the monotony of peace, and yet no one wanted war again.