bellows 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of bellow

bellows

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noun

plural of bellow

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bellows
Verb
  • The powerful forces can make the difference between a hurricane that roars ashore and one that spins relatively harmlessly out to sea.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The movie roars to life but seemingly forgets to breathe.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Ben shouts out of his car window.
    Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Shannon shouts, her words drifting back to Jenn in the rear seat.
    Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • They are known to work in teams when hunting, and communicate with chirps, growls, whistles and body language.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Go grab your passport, a wad of bail money, and enough thirst for wine that growls at history and food that tastes like the ocean punched you in the mouth.
    John Noakes, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In Cherry’s memory, Laura yells at her; but Laura only remembers being cornered.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Often, our image of a toxic workplace is one where the boss yells at you or perhaps where you’re openly derided by co-workers or denied PTO.
    Ellen Whitlock Baker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • At the mall’s free Rain Show feature, water literally pours out of the ceiling as dramatic thunder rumbles.
    Alex Schechter, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2025
  • When a military convoy rumbles past, no one seems to notice.
    Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • When Henry is gone, Seema cries.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Faustus cries, as demons, closing the deal, prepare to pull him down to the pit.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As evening falls, the clink of pints and bursts of cackles spill from Pat Collins Pub—where locals swap stories to the rhythm of fiddle tunes beneath an Irish twilight.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader reported that the family also experienced foul odors and heard pig grunts in the home.
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • There are layers of grunts and bangs; there is an increasingly insistent electronic score by Steve Jablonsky and, loudest of all, there are numerous ’70s needle drops that fully exploit the melodrama of prog rock.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Bellows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bellows. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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