What is "cried out for"

Usage examples of "cried out for".

But Hawkmoon's sleep was almost immediately populated by his all too familiar dreams - faces and images jostling for his attention - eyes imploring him, hands beseeching him, as if a whole world, perhaps a whole universe, cried out for his attention and his aid.

Still we must imagine, since they have been made at all, that there was a time when the hearts of humanity cried out for these things, and when a deeply felt want was relieved when they were made.

One tale has it that the devil possessed San Angelo on his deathbed, so he cried out for the unspeakable rites of the pagan Hablador de los Muertos.

Marguase's shade cried out for justice and this man's death was the first step in obtaining it.

A shopworn end table held dog-eared copies of boxing magazines, and pictures of boxers covered walls that cried out for fresh paint.

His body cried out for release, his thoughts rushed forward as he grasped her hips and urged her on, hurtling them both over the edge of the precipice to abandon.

If she'd cried out for help, there had been none within range of her.

The horror of what he'd done was a bleeding wound, oozing black despair and self-hate that cried out for punishment, and punishment had been denied him.