How to Use holler in a Sentence
- She hollered across the street, “Did you hear the news?”.
- He was hollering across the fields to his workers.
- They were screaming and hollering at each other all night.
- Someone was hollering my name.
- People always holler about tax increases.
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Sit in a deck chair and hoot and holler at skiers going by.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 18 Mar. 2026
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There are a few hoots and hollers as the others agree or protest.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2025
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Pitman knocked at the open door and hollered the name on his list.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
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The man hollered at them through his front door, then called the police.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2019
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The Lakers dunked, hollered and won.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
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People would hoot and holler at her and sometimes throw things.
—Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 5 Oct. 2021
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Men on horseback whooped and hollered while dogs scampered back and forth.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2019
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The next day, the girl hollered in pain and pointed at her back, her mother stated.
—Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 1 May 2023
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Root got a strike past Babe, and did those Cub bench jockeys holler and hiss!
—Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
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Others stared through the glass, hollering at their friends .
—Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 30 May 2023
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Fans stood, cheered and hollered, and play was stopped briefly as players hugged on the benches and on the ice.
—John Wawrow, courant.com, 3 July 2017
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The driver keeps cupping his hands around his mouth, megaphone- style, to holler at groups of girls who walk by.
—Seija Rankin, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2020
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So, pull your boots on and get ready to hoot and holler while cowboys and cowgirls take off on their best rides.
—Anna Mahan, Country Living, 10 Sep. 2023
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Then a neighbor hollered at him to go inside and turn on the TV.
—Andy Schatschneider, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2017
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Luke was in the stands hollering with the rest of the family.
—Mike Jensen, Philly.com, 9 Dec. 2017
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Austin slammed his bat on the plate, threw it down and took four steps toward the mound while hollering.
—CBS News, 12 Apr. 2018
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So my husband, ran over to the house to and started hollering for them.
—Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2011
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My husband heard the commotion and hollered at me for yelling at his sister.
—Jeanne Phillips, Dallas Morning News, 22 Feb. 2026
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Down the way, a bunch of young fellas were hooting and hollering.
—Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
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Way too many of them, people who could not have been alive, hollered in response, caught up in the moment.
—Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Oct. 2019
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Cobb hollered after the pair, who seemed tickled by all the attention.
—Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 3 Dec. 2019
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Look no further than Kristina for the first player to hoot and holler about… snakes?
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 24 Sep. 2025
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Then, last month, whooping and hollering, the bad guys rode into town.
—Nick Hoppe, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2018
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Please, holler at your boy, soften my enemies, bribe the devil.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
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McGann seemed doubtful, but some other men whooped and hollered, and that felt great.
—Mike O’Brien, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2023
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There seems to be one around every bend in the road and down every holler.
—Jeremy Bradley, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2020
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That was quite a victory holler at the end, what was going through your mind?
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2020
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But the group seemed to jell early on, hence the hoots and hollers from the back of the bus on the first full day.
—Terri Colby, The Seattle Times, 16 June 2017
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These are born from struggle, and rock ‘n’ roll fuses them with a backbeat and a holler.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
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Hoots and hollers from fans will surely greet the episode’s big reveal of who (or what) the target is.
—Hank Stuever, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2019
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Just ring the doorbell—or holler—and the hosts will show you whatever room is vacant.
—Krista Soriano, Esquire, 26 Oct. 2015
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By the end of my life, there may be no one left who speaks like my father outside the hollers and the one-horse towns.
—Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2026
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For two hours, the Spartans’ bench players hoot and holler and cheer on their teammates.
—Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2020
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Judging by the hoots, hollers and cheers that greeted the first few notes of most songs, these fans were just as stoked to be there.
—Bill Schulz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2017
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And both seem to be taking place deep in the holler, somewhere near a swampland and in outer space all at once.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Aug. 2022
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The placards in the seats used to resemble fans didn’t hoot and holler in excitement.
—Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 5 May 2020
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As Purpish rode her first wave, Lovgren let out a holler in the water behind her.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 1 Apr. 2017
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No Way Home hits its hoot-and-holler beats about as skillfully as Endgame did.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 14 Dec. 2021
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After the drop, the ride takes off for a delightful, spinning romp through the Ozarks holler.
—Arthur Levine, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2018
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Kennedy attempted a half-dozen or so half courts shots as the team was wrapping up drills, to the hoots and hollers of his players.
—Brent Zwerneman, Houston Chronicle, 15 Mar. 2018
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Julian spent hard days in that holler, fixing things with chewing gum and string, so to speak, while his children played on the grounds.
—Chanslor Gallenstein, National Review, 27 Feb. 2021
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But that holler is where Pappy Van Winkle rose from the ashes.
—Chanslor Gallenstein, National Review, 27 Feb. 2021
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The town hall crowd received my comments with strong clapping and appreciative hoots and hollers.
—Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
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Please feel free to mention those in the comments, or holler at me on Twitter or Facebook.
—Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 19 Dec. 2017
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But don't forget about danza, an ancient dance that goes back centuries to the beat of a drum and indigenous hollers.
—Camilo Hannibal Smith, Houston Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2017
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Country might have come out of the hollers and cotton fields and dusty plains, but it was shaped by records and radio, movies and television.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
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These bites of heaven get a double layer of cheesy goodness that's enough to make a Southern crowd holler.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 3 June 2026
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As the care packages are handed out, the congregation hollers and applauds.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023
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Last year, it was predicted that 10 million people would give the chubby fellow in the red suit a holler.
—Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 23 Aug. 2021
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But poverty didn't stop the Webb family from celebrating in the holler.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2023
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The spectacle of it all might be the initial draw, but infectious, holler-along hooks invite audiences to join in the fun.
—BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2021
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Regardless, riders will nab a gentle incline, followed by a flowing downhill that is sure to leave a few hoots and hollers in the wind.
—Heather Balogh Rochfort, The Know, 13 June 2019
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The Alps came through the clubhouse door to a mild effusion of hollers and hellos from the handful of patrons already ensconced.
—Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
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At the time of Paton and Payton picked Barron, last spring’s first-round selection, folks didn’t whoop and holler.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
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Both sides of my family have lived in the high mountains and deep hollers of Watauga County for over 150 years.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
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