bellowing

present participle of bellow

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bellowing The collapse has been total for the Mets, who should take the field tonight to Lloyd Christmas bellowing about pets’ heads falling off. Jerry Beach, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bellowing
Verb
  • In the next game, with the thousands in the stands roaring for every point gained by the American, Sabalenka netted off-balance groundstrokes on two points in a row and double-faulted to get broken right back.
    Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • And Kaouther Ben Hania’s real-life drama The Voice of Hind Rajab, about a 6-year-old girl killed in Gaza during an Israeli bombardment, premiered in Venice to roaring applause before heading to Toronto, with wide sales confirmed across Europe.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Kuching, the capital of Sarawak on the island of Borneo, isn't shouting about its commitment to sustainability.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Then, Suarez moved to another part of the field, where he is seen shouting, stepping on the foot of Sounders head of security Gene Ramirez and spitting on him.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The scene’s amniotic shoppe Muzak is suddenly overridden by a deep, growling synth.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The growling bear took several aggressive steps toward Buoy but then dumped the chase.
    David K. Li, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • As the Astros celebrated, and as music blared and fireworks went off, Chisholm got close to Walsh, yelling and gesturing with his hands.
    Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Ellis then claimed that Cardi cut her face with a fingernail and spat on her while yelling profanity and racial slurs at Ellis.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • A couple climbed through a sunroof to rescue a 22-month-old screaming child left alone in a hot car, Massachusetts police said.
    Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Kristen raced to the school and found a cop waiting for her as well as firetrucks and an ambulance, where her son was inside screaming.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The 8-year-old ia unable to sleep without crying throughout the night and uncontrollably in his sleep, his mother wrote.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Sep. 2025
  • This wakes my kids who start crying.
    Esther K. Choy, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Even Seth Rogen, a surprise guest, was cheering and hollering while holding a camera throughout the ovation and snapping photos the entire time.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Dylan brought it out wide on the freeway ramp, the tires soft, and bald, and skidding on the powdered gravel, and Bob took to hollering with his head hung out the window like a big dog.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025

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“Bellowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bellowing. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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