How to Use decry in a Sentence

decry

verb
  • In her article, she decries the pollution of the environment by manufacturers.
  • Violence on television is generally decried as harmful to children.
  • Democrats have decried the far-right shift, calling Jordan the leader of the chaos wing of the GOP.
    — Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Most of Gantz’s fellows in the Blue and White party decried this move.
    — Zachary Evans, National Review, 23 Apr. 2020
  • The move sparked backlash from Democrats, who decried the complaint as overblown.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
  • In response to Drake fans decrying the game, Branson has the receipts to show his lack of bias.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2024
  • Some Parler users decry the blocking of hate speech as a sellout to Big Tech.
    — Kevin Randall, Anchorage Daily News, 17 May 2021
  • Some Parler users decry the blocking of hate speech as a sellout to Big Tech.
    — Washington Post, 17 May 2021
  • But on a day that the Patriots of the past might’ve shrugged their shoulders and decried the lack of value on the market, these Pats didn’t blink.
    — Chad Graff, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025
  • But on a day that the Patriots of the past might’ve shrugged their shoulders and decried the lack of value on the market, these Pats didn’t blink.
    — Chad Graff, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Heretic marks the first time that a film has specifically decried AI use.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Dozens of residents contacted the city to decry the event.
    — al, 18 July 2021
  • Dozens of residents contacted the city to decry the event.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2021
  • Dozens of residents contacted the city to decry the event.
    — al, 18 July 2021
  • The photo, showing bulbs and roots attached, prompted a member of the private group to decry the way they were pulled.
    — Leanne Italie, chicagotribune.com, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Spurred in part by George Floyd’s death, protesters have taken to the streets to decry the killings of Black people by police.
    — Brian Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2020
  • Others decry that the move-over isn’t explicitly called out in one of the rules or stated as a fifth rule.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Haley went on Newsmax to decry the track-and-field athlete who turned her back on the American flag.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 6 July 2021
  • But the violent protests have also been decried by black...
    — Robert L. Woodson, WSJ, 31 May 2020
  • In a social media post, a Black woman decried a group of Black men standing nearby on the street.
    — Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 18 Sep. 2023
  • While some purists decry the prequels and never-ending spinoffs, Sansweet doesn’t see it that way.
    — Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Nov. 2021
  • This is what all those ads decrying Medicare for All felt like during the 2020 election.
    — Essence, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The move was decried by the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington.
    — Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA TODAY, 2 June 2020
  • That’s not the only Intel-like move hardware junkies are likely to decry.
    — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 16 June 2020
  • White groups statewide decried the success of people of color.
    — Janet Wilson, ProPublica, 9 Nov. 2023
  • But perhaps the loudest voice was that of parents, who took to social media to decry the images from the football game.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Cops on the force also decried the decision in comments to the New York Post earlier this month.
    — Emma Colton, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Take the United States’ persistent trade deficit with Germany, which Trump has decried since at least 2017.
    — Peter E. Harrell, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2024
  • But the White House also sees a political upside in the fight, framing it as a bigger war against elite institutions decried by Trump’s loyal supporters.
    — Seung Min Kim, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2025
  • Tax Evasion Over the years, Francis decried tax evasion by individuals and corporations.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025

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