Recent Examples on the Web

Two years ago, a cri de coeur of an essay addressing why middle-aged women were overwhelmed and exhausted went viral. Hilary Howard, New York Times, "How a Voice of Female Gen X Anxiety Spends Her Sundays," 3 Jan. 2020

For their successors today, that cri de coeur is outdated. Mattia Ferraresi, WSJ, "Cancel Culture Comes to France," 6 Feb. 2020

Crain’s sentences themselves, with their jewelled words and carefully curated perceptions, constitute a kind of cri de coeur. Garth Greenwell, The New Yorker, "Caleb Crain’s “Overthrow” and the Power of Literary Form," 28 Aug. 2019

Bukovsky’s uncompromising views should be seen as a cri de coeur from someone who devoted much of his life to fighting political tyranny. Amy Knight, The New York Review of Books, "The Secret Files of the Soviet Union," 7 Jan. 2020

Jimmy exits Season 4 in a jubilant mood after persuading the legal review board to reinstate his license to practice law with what appears to be a genuine cri de coeur invoking his late brother’s memory. Hugh Hart, chicagotribune.com, "For Bob Odenkirk, Saul Goodman’s reptilian brain is to blame for character’s bad behavior," 23 Aug. 2019

The relationship offered a path to forgiveness for the kind of character most millennial cris de coeur have been content to leave hanging. Judy Berman, Time, "The 10 Best TV Shows of 2019," 29 Nov. 2019

Jimmy exits Season 4 in a jubilant mood after persuading the legal review board to reinstate his license to practice law with what appears to be a genuine cri de coeur invoking his late brother’s memory. Hugh Hart, chicagotribune.com, "For Bob Odenkirk, Saul Goodman’s reptilian brain is to blame for character’s bad behavior," 23 Aug. 2019

And as a lifelong ballet lover but ambivalent dance mom, here’s my cri de coeur: Do your kids a favor and banish the thought. Washington Post, "Parents, you’re enrolling your little ones in the wrong kind of dance class," 10 Oct. 2019

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