scream for

phrasal verb

screamed for; screaming for; screams for
informal
1
: to demand or need (something)
People are screaming for news about the virus.
These policies just scream out for reform.
2
: to be very suitable or appropriate for (something)
Hot summer days like this just scream for ice cream and visits to the pool.

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Burch banged on a cell door and screamed for help for an hour after he was injured. — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2025 Citizens and agents are being shot out on the South Lawn as people scream for help, and Xavier tries to get Cal on Marine One. — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2025 An unprovoked deadly attack For 23 minutes on Nov. 2, Chris Culbertson, 46, was attacked while biking home on the 3200 block of E 80th Street, an attack that left him screaming for help as seven pit bulls ripped him apart. — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2025 The audience, already elated and spoiled by genius, is screaming for a third encore when a stagehand shoves you through an open curtain and into the fire. — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scream for

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