belling

Definition of bellingnext
present participle of bell
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Verb
  • By the fourth quarter, this game was over, leaving it to Kennard to send the crowd howling into the night by supplying three fourth-quarter treys on three attempts and making a Game 1 MVP out of Rob Pelinka.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Elsewhere, Paula Rego’s two self portraits from 2017 show the artist howling through expressive pastel strokes.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Subjecting them, and us, to a series of repetitive wailing sequences blunts any potential emotional sharpness.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The fever dream continued with Howard wailing on guitar and vocals, the production morphing into a beautiful stew of blues rock and given an exclamation point – and a standing ovation – with Copeland spinning out of the shadows.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 16 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • At times, the discussion became tense, with some attendees shouting at commissioners and reacting loudly after votes.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Honestly, at this point, trying to fake some empathy and some actual forgiveness for these people would be faster for Dorit than to just keep shouting them down.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Though the arrest took place in 2023, the incident made headlines again in March after a video of the altercation — showing Paul yelling, putting Mortensen in a headlock and throwing chairs at him while a child could be heard crying — was published by TMZ.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Her eyes were swollen from crying so much.
    Mike Valerio, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Though the arrest took place in 2023, the incident made headlines again in March after a video of the altercation — showing Paul yelling, putting Mortensen in a headlock and throwing chairs at him while a child could be heard crying — was published by TMZ.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Darci Ascaridis, the victim’s wife, testified Tuesday that her husband had been shining a flashlight from a window and yelling that the beach was closed after hearing noise from the shore.
    Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Normally, howling and yowling in the presence of another cat is not a good sign.
    Joan Morris, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • None of these words mean anything to me, but there was more hooting and hollering for this announcement in the press section of Caesar's than for any other piece of news today, so that's gotta count for something.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The officer responded after hearing the father hollering for help.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Less than 10 minutes later, that same fan is running down the street with others, shrieking and holding up their photos and signed papers in triumph.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The finale is an ambiguous mix of jollity and agitation, with a piccolo shrieking above a militant march.
    Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Belling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belling. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.

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