belled

past tense of bell

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for belled
Verb
  • And the Bills-dominant crowd at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium howled with derision for the hapless Fins.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 9 Nov. 2025
  • And Democrats have howled at Republicans twice using a partisan maneuver to claw back funds that were previously approved on a bipartisan basis.
    Mike Lillis, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Once again, the Kiss Army wailed about the move, but the song just missed the pop Top 10 as the LP topped the million-unit mark.
    Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Paredones laid down thumping cumbia bass lines as Adolfo Mercado, often compared to Animal of The Muppets, wailed on the drums.
    Ivan Kashinsky, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In addition to luxurious cashmere joggers and the Sneex shoes celebrities can’t stop wearing, Oprah shouted out a plushy Brooklinen robe and the Skims pajamas one writer can’t get enough of.
    Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Gunfire erupted moments later as officers shouted orders from behind cover.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • While in the parking lot, Veliz reportedly drove against traffic and yelled out gang slogans.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Whoever dispatched that ambulance might be one of many employees at the Department of Emergency Communications who have felt uncomfortable, yelled at and trapped between their calling to help people and what several current and former dispatchers have called a hostile work environment.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Bostwick asked as the audience hollered.
    Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
  • As soon as the injury happened, Buccaneers players Tristan Wirfs and Tez Johnson immediately hollered for trainers, with Johnson putting his head in his hands after the injury happened.
    Mark Kern, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The courtroom was full Wednesday of investigators involved over the decades and the extensive Watson family, some of whom cried audibly through the proceedings.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
  • After Brown disappeared, the owner of the bakery, Alice Lombardi, told CBS News that customers had come into the store and cried.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The kid just broke down and bawled.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Once all is shrieked and done, though, what’s left is a faux-prestige screed that’s 100 percent #OhHellNo!
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Been there, shrieked at that — but give the Normans credit for leaning into the mean-spirited spirit of the endeavor with some groan- and cheer-worthy fatalities, including a POV shot from the perspective of a witch’s broomstick.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Belled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belled. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.

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