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bayed

verb

past tense of bay

as in shouted

to speak so as to be heard at a distance the mob was baying for revenge

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as in howled

to make a long loud mournful sound the lonesome beagle bayed whenever someone walked by

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The accuser recalled banging on the locked toilet door to escape and says a man outside may have shouted to ask if everything was okay.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026
Children shouted, amped up on sugar and adrenaline, while orange leaves crunched under their feet.

— Isa Mudannayake, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of shouted

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Temperatures in the area were in the mid-90s and winds howled with gusts of up to 35 mph, a less-than-ideal situation for firefighters.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
The killings had begun, and the few protesters still waiting in the cold rain howled, their worst nightmares finally made real.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of howled

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The kid was encouraged to dominate 5U beginner soccer kids by a father who yelled to keep the ball.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Five officers approached the parked car with guns drawn, before the car reversed away and crashed into a nearby parked car, as officers yelled for the driver to stop.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of yelled

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By Monday, the girl who cried all those tears on her guitar will be both the youngest woman to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall, and youngest-member of the Nashville edition.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2026
Several jurors cried after viewing autopsy photos of Hedgepeth, according to local media accounts.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

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