cry out for

Or if the president of a war-torn country cried out for help from a violent aggressor.

"When I started three years ago the job market was hugely different. Practices were crying out for salaried GPs and locums, there were plenty of vacancies."

It is crying out for him to be Lions captain.

"It won't lead to greater prosperity for our people. It won't put more money in people's pockets and it won't give us the public services that the people of Wales are crying out for."

"Borrowers have been crying out for better mortgage rates and we are starting to see them," said Aaron Strutt, of broker Trinity Financial.