bells

present tense third-person singular of bell

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bells
Verb
  • The screams, the reason everyone assembles, when the screams come, after a few collective inhales and exhales and a moment to gather one’s thoughts, the screams come like long guttural howls.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Foxes use a variety of calls, including barks, howls, yaps, and growls.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • As Electridad wails for justice, her brother Orestes spends his time in exile with Nino (Luis Medina), a move made by his late father in probable anticipation of his demise.
    Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Joe shouts as the snarling lobos close in.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Kylie, 33, shouts in the background, trying to prevent an accident.
    Georgia Slater, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In episode 3, which came out in April, Howard’s character cries when Seth Rogen’s studio head character gives him a difficult piece of feedback, resulting in Howard angrily throwing his signature baseball cap at him.
    Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Fraser threatens to leave but doesn’t and ends up being the one to comfort Kyle, who cries about having hurt his friend.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Joe goes back outside—again he’s seen from Ted’s perspective—and yells at him to turn the music down.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In a noisy, uncertain world, your team does not want someone who yells the loudest or moves the fastest.
    Scott Hozebin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This included early American music forms, marches, spirituals, field hollers, work songs and African rhythms, as well as their musical descendants, like jazz, blues, gospel, country and rock ‘n’ roll.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Lots of noise, big splashes, a few congratulatory whoops and hollers.
    Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Bells.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bells. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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