Examples of 'cries wolf' in a sentence

Meaning of "cries wolf"

cries wolf: This phrase is used to describe a situation where someone repeatedly raises a false alarm or warns of a nonexistent threat, causing others to doubt them when a real emergency arises
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  • third-person singular simple present indicative form of cry wolf

How to use "cries wolf" in a sentence

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cries wolf
Nobody believes a slut who cries wolf.
He cries wolf all the time.
This is not the boy cries wolf.
Tom cries wolf.
He is like the boy who cries wolf.
Boy cries wolf.
I do not wanna be the boy who cries wolf.
Someone who cries wolf all the time will loss credibility.
We do not wanna be the paper that cries wolf.
You are new here, but Lana cries wolf on quitting ISIS like twice a week.
We do not want to be the paper that cries wolf.
Sooner or later, the little girl who cries wolf is telling the truth.
Russia stations Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad, NATO cries wolf.
The boy no longer cries wolf.
You know, I am tired of answering every time Reece Gilmore cries wolf.

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The government cries wolf.
To demonstrate what happens when someone cries wolf.
Yeah, the addict who cries wolf.
They believe our commander in chief when he cries wolf.
No one believes the boy who cries wolf.
Scot is always the boy who cries wolf.
I will not be the one that cries wolf.
Your comment about the slut who cries wolf.
Then we had a conversation about the boy who cries wolf.
He just wants to see what would happen when he cries wolf.
Besides, nobody believes a slut who cries wolf.
Um, your comment about the slut who cries wolf.
That 's the problem with the boy that cries wolf.
I guess Dave was right … no one believes the boy who cries wolf.
Not quite . Your comment about the slut who cries wolf.
Yeah . I do not wanna be the boy who cries wolf.
That 's a good one . Besides, nobody believes a slut who cries wolf.
I will show it to Hobart. We don't wanna be the paper that cries wolf.
Yeah, it 's like the boy that cries wolf.

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The public cries out for me to shut up
When she speaks she almost cries
He who cries politics is in fact guilty of politics
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This wolf has very sharp teeth
Some day the wolf will come
The wolf is merely a projection of your quest
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