as in noises
a violent shouting
I went to the window to see what the sudden outcry from the street below was about
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Recent Examples of outcries
The immigration activity sparked outcries from local and state leaders, who called on the Legislature to take up bills that would bar ICE from taking action at schools, places of worship and other similar locations.
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Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 28 Jan. 2026
The charges against Comey followed a series of events that have fueled outcries that Trump is improperly politicizing the Justice Department.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
The vocal outcries of small groups of readers on social media were intensified by polarization and algorithm amplification.
—Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
Photos on social media showed dozens of bags of Happy Meals dumped outside a restaurant, as well as unclaimed food left sitting idly on self-pick-up tables, prompting public outcries of food wastage.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 28 Jan. 2026
The charges against Comey followed a series of events that have fueled outcries that Trump is improperly politicizing the Justice Department.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
The vocal outcries of small groups of readers on social media were intensified by polarization and algorithm amplification.
—Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
Photos on social media showed dozens of bags of Happy Meals dumped outside a restaurant, as well as unclaimed food left sitting idly on self-pick-up tables, prompting public outcries of food wastage.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcries
Noun
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The first clip showed Duff making cat and bird noises as Townes, who turns 2 on May 3, played with her hair and smiled at the camera.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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Plus sundry hallucinations, bad dreams, possession, dark spaces, creepy noises, fraught family relations — and, as with so many horror stories, a bad thing in the past bringing down the future.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There were no roars of restaurant chatter and excitement from happy guests.—
Camryn Dadey,
Sacbee.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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Most of the time, the creature is invisible, only given away by roars or its footprints in the soil of this extra-terrestrial world.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Such prices have set off howls of protest from some fans.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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My 2-year-old daughter’s howls of protest echoed through the previously silent forest of towering Norway spruce.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Outcries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcries. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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