be crying out for something• The system is crying out for a particular simple change.• Not that any industrywas crying out forbuffaloproducts at the time.• The city's in trouble and is crying out for help.• Farms and industry are crying out forlabour.• The country is crying out forleadership and all Mr Smith has to offer is a talking-shop for academics and political has-beens.• Neither parents nor politiciansare crying out forradicalreform of the system.• Employers in all fields of endeavourwere crying out for them, offering generoussalaries along with an array of enticingperks.• The S is crying out for them.• Small businesses are crying out for workers, and poor foreigners plug a gap.