How to Use shout in a Sentence

shout

1 of 2 verb
  • There's no need to shout at me.
  • So post about your good news, call a friend to share, or go old-school and shout it from the rooftops.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2023
  • And part of the ethos of it was shouting out the other bands, singing their praises.
    Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 6 June 2023
  • Durkin shouted, but the frontrunner held on for the win.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 10 June 2023
  • This isn’t the first time Spice shouts out Del Rey in an interview.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Some shouted from the audience that the council should stop the Zoom feed.
    Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Heard shouts again, this time getting the women to chant it in unison.
    Claire Ballor, Dallas News, 7 June 2023
  • When the man starts to shout at Maddie, Cal loses it and punches him.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 28 July 2023
  • That's when Adam shouts that his mom didn't do it because Daniel was his mom's friend.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 2 May 2023
  • Harper marched down the third base line and continued to shout at the umpire.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The site shouted things the media told women to hide, and ridiculed the things the media told us were important.
    Erin Gloria Ryan, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The Oompa Loompa shouts to be let out when Wonka arrives on the scene.
    Jessica Wang and Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Amid the talk of climate and faith, Wilson also paused to shout out his local ties.
    Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2023
  • By the way, thanks for the The Hollywood Reporter shout out in the opening seconds of the season 12 premiere episode.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Neighbors shouted from the rooftops as a family of six was washed away.
    Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Capers, who had his gun drawn, then enters the home while shouting for the man inside to come out.
    María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The Islamic Republic shouted its hatred of the West from the rooftops for decades.
    Kian Tajbakhsh, The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Masas can be heard shouting in Hebrew in the video, as his shaking hand opens up a trailer door.
    Becky Perlow, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Friends are leaving, and tweeting feels like shouting into the void.
    Sheon Han, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2024
  • When officers were knocked to the ground in front of him, Wise shouted expletive.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
  • Swift also sweetly shouted out to the NFL star during the Sydney show.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2024
  • In the clip, cameras shift from the loquacious boys to Driver, who appears to give a steely look when she was shouted out in the speech.
    Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The student shouted at Harmon in response, the lawsuit says.
    Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • On the seventh day, the Israelites shouted, and the walls crumbled down — a tale of perseverance.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Lopez shouts in the dramatic footage that shows her vessel going down.
    Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The shouting man seems delighted with the challenge, squaring up.
    Michael Wilson, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
  • At a certain point, one of the officers shouts at someone down below on the ground floor to get out while pointing to the exit.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Across the street, young children shouted and ran around their school playground, while the sound of cannons boomed from the nearby mountains.
    Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Majors began shouting in Grace’s face and grabbed both her arms, pinning them to her body.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
  • One of the soldiers in the tank is shouting into a megaphone; another holds a machine gun.
    Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
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shout

2 of 2 noun
  • I gave a sudden shout of surprise when the shower abruptly turned ice-cold.
  • On the video, the shouts can be heard and the truck spotted in the background.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The Rosenbaums published a book on the ring shout in 1998.
    Richard Fausset, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2022
  • And a special shout out goes to all the men whose style and hair were unmatched.
    Noel Cody, Essence, 17 Oct. 2022
  • There’s a cake, a card signed by the staff and a shout-out on social media.
    Hang Nguyen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2022
  • The loudest shout was that Ainge did not like last year’s Jazz team.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Sep. 2022
  • But put it into Sport mode, and the Coyote V-8 snarls and shouts.
    Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The trial of Pierre Laval would be marred by shouts from the jury at the accused.
    Robert O. Paxton, Harper's Magazine, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Check out Clinton’s post-show shout-out to Michele and the cast of Funny Girl here.
    Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 23 Nov. 2022
  • One vintage-wash tee gives a shout-out to the band Blink 182, of which Travis is a member.
    André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The show’s host, Trevor Noah, gave a shout-out to a smiling Dawson in the closing minutes of the show.
    Dallas News, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Luxury that is more of a whisper, not a shout, is still on the minds of many.
    Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Neighbors came outside to peer up at the mountains, their shouts drowned out by the wind.
    Corina Knoll, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Taras heard one guard shout, to a man who had been pointing his cell phone at his food.
    David Kortava, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The commercial ends with a shout-out to the clique Heron infiltrates in Mean Girls.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 2 July 2022
  • The audience’s fists pumped and their shouts filled the air as bright red lasers flittered across the arena.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 22 June 2023
  • Joyous shouts were heard as villagers dashed and splashed around in the water, trying to catch the fowl.
    Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Davis then took a moment to give a brief but special shout-out to Lizzo.
    Lanford Beard, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Neighbors heard Jackson screaming and tried to scare the bear off him with shouts and car horns.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 22 June 2023
  • Prompted by shouts from the crowd — and Crawford's stylish swaying no doubt!
    Jill Lupupa, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
  • The boat had started listing, there was a lot of commotion and shouts were heard.
    Renata Brito, ajc, 17 June 2023
  • But in the crater, there are such low decibel levels that whispers sound like shouts.
    Ashley M. Biggers, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2023
  • These words have echoed in my head since my therapist (shout-out to Julie!) dropped them on me a few months ago.
    Cathryne Keller, SELF, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Morello gave a shout-out to Bertozzi on Twitter on Wednesday.
    Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The country singer also gave her own father a special shout-out and shared a picture of her and him on the last slide of the post.
    Vandana Pawa, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Webb gave a shout-out to her own recruiter for sparking the idea to join the Army as part of her path toward a career in medicine.
    Fox News, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Stars Nicole Kidman and Amber Heard brought the glam and the shouts from photographers.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The protest, dubbed Shut It Down for Palestine, was largely peaceful despite the angry shouts and chants for a cease-fire to the war.
    Matthew Ormseth, Melody Petersen, and Angie Orellana Hernandez Los Angeles Times (tns), arkansasonline.com, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Shortly after the shout, the animal appears to reach the bottom of the slope and enters an area filled with trees.
    Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Sudeikis gave a shout-out to his Chicago comedy roots from the Emmys stage for a second year in a row.
    Jennifer Maas, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022

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