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Definition of Outcries
1. outcry [v] - See also: outcry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outcries
Literary usage of Outcries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl (1866)
"... in spite of the outcries of certain hotheaded patriots and of some intriguers
sold to the counterrevolution. The state of the finances produced the ..."
2. The Voyages and Explorations of Samuel de Champlain (1604-1616) by Samuel de Champlain, Annie Thomson (Nettleton) Bourne (1906)
"Advice that the author gave him. Obtains commission from the King. His departure.
Buildings that the author makes in Quebec. outcries against Sieur ..."
3. Opinions of Eminent Lawyers, on Various Points of English Jurisprudence by George Chalmers (1814)
"... created discontent : and this discontent, and those distresses, produced
outcries, and complaints, which predisposed the nation, for some change : such, ..."
4. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"... deceased was gouging prisoner in the eyes, and she making outcries ; made him
stop ; became vexed, and insisted upon leaving ; did leave in u short time ..."
5. The Early Persecutions of the Christians by Leon Hardy Canfield (1913)
"He has a double purpose,—in the first place to prevent the people of the province
from being harassed by the outcries and petitions of the mob, and secondly ..."
6. Edwards on Revivals: Containing A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work by Jonathan Edwards (1832)
"Ministers blamed for making much of outcries, fainting s, and bodily effects.
ANOTHER thing wherein I think some ministers have been injured, ..."
7. The Clarke Papers: Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, Secretary by William Clarke (1891)
"... yet then they made great outcries against us, and complaints of distempers in
the Armie, which were nothing but endeavours after their ..."
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