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Examples of out loud in a Sentence
registered their dissatisfaction with the meal out loud to the waiter
Recent Examples on the Web
After Dubrovka, critics wondered out loud how on earth a van load of armed gunmen in fatigues could have simply driven up to a major theatre in Moscow and walked in?
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
In the United States, even Israel’s closest friends have begun to say out loud that Benjamin Netanyahu stands as an obstacle to peace.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
My 16-year-old wasn't saying it out loud, but her side-eye communicated her displeasure clearly.
—Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Mar. 2024
Guilt taps into something that’s difficult to express out loud.
—Kishori Rajan, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2024
Between photos of her kids and candid confessions about motherhood, Trainor continues to express her love out loud.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
Its formidable goals are to upend wrongful convictions, help those for whom small fines are mammoth roadblocks, and work toward what seem like commonsense reforms once somebody says them out loud.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2024
The audience, full of eye rolls, struggled to keep from laughing out loud.
—Scott Howard-Cooper., Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
This case was even more tricky: The shooter said nothing out loud before, during or after the shooting, and the man the police had charged in the attack, Jason Eaton, was a somewhat complicated character.
—Rozina Ali, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1821, in the meaning defined above
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“Out loud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out%20loud. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.
Kids Definition
out loud
adverb
: loudly enough to be heard : aloud
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