belling

present participle of bell

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Verb
  • In celebration, the pair could be seen quite literally howling at the moon with cocktails in hand — sans pants, of course.
    Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
  • As the season shifts toward winter, the polar jet stream begins to shift south and can stir up storms that produce howling winds and gigantic waves in November on the Great Lakes.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Rather than atop fire station roofs, sirens would be placed along areas prone to flash flooding that have both tone and voice capacity, Brissie said, allowing officials to broadcast a wailing alarm or spoken instructions.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Karaoke on Ambience mainly consists of elderly monk-like men croaking out album tracks by Black Sabbath, and grey haired women wailing out ABBA songs.
    David Greig September 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The move seemed to surprise Fallon, who naturally tried to quell her tears by shouting at her.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
  • As the speeches began, chaos consumed the day as air horns were blasted, pages from pornographic magazines thrown down from the balconies and white mice released on to the floor, before the ‘nun’ started dancing up and down the aisles shouting comic profanity.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The man sat in the driver's seat, while the woman sat in the passenger seat, their crying child in the man’s arms.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 9 Nov. 2025
  • At one point during the hearing, Richards pleaded for a tissue and began crying while recalling a particularly abusive event in May.
    Tracy Wright , Christina Dugan Ramirez , Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The team claims Oakley was yelling continuously at Dolan, but Oakley has denied that and said he was asked to leave the arena shortly after taking his seat at the game for no reason.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • His tone was sharp, almost yelling.
    Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Normally, howling and yowling in the presence of another cat is not a good sign.
    Joan Morris, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To celebrate our arrival, my fellow travelers and I run into the sea, hooting and hollering at the pins-and-needles cold.
    Chloe Berge, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The pair is seen crawling through a wildflower field, dancing, and jumping, but also hollering at each other, brandishing knives, and at some point, Lawrence licks a window with zeal.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The television studio serves as the Colosseum, with a live audience whipped into a frenzy and shrieking for blood while following the action on a jumbo screen.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
  • When Carol directs her shrieking rage directly into Zosia’s face, all of We feels it, the entirety of the human race falling to the ground with seizures.
    Erin Qualey, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Belling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belling. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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