earful

noun

Definition of earfulnext
as in broadside

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Recent Examples of earful Right now, any newspaper with an interest in staying urgent and relevant and alert is getting an earful of a fractious nation. — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025 Upon hearing the truth, Kevin drags his son out of the container, gives him an earful of expletives, and zaps him with a taser baton. — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2025 Once a digitally daft chamber, today—after a summer of studying AI—most senators feel savvy enough on the topic to have a few earfuls of complaints for the giants of Silicon Valley. — Matt Laslo, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2023 In New York City, where more than seventy thousand people are unhoused, locals know that the place to get an earful of very loud opera along with your Big Gulp is a 7-Eleven near the Port Authority Bus Terminal. — Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023 See All Example Sentences for earful
Recent Examples of Synonyms for earful
  1. broadside
  2. barrage
  3. salvo
  4. fusillade
  5. volley
  6. flurry
  7. hail
  8. cannonade
Noun
  • With a spiky and Scotch-taped sound, the album is a 30-minute broadside against overthinking the artistic process.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • Herb’s ram ran about 50 feet after he was hit with a broadside shot high through his lungs.
    — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026
Definition of broadside
Noun
  • On one night alone this week, a barrage of more than two dozen ballistic and anti-ship missiles hit the Ukrainian capital region.
    — Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Kyiv's military administration said the missile and drone barrage hit residential buildings and warehouses.
    — Duarte Dias, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of barrage
Noun
  • In the long term, the Dodgers’ trade for Skubal represents one more salvo in the looming battle over baseball’s finances and competitive balance.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Zelenskyy on Saturday said Ukrainian drones struck three oil refineries overnight in Russia's Bashkortostan region, roughly 1,000 miles from the front lines — the latest salvo in a long-range drone campaign that has strained Russian fuel supplies.
    — Greg Myre, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of salvo
Noun
  • Iran’s military said the fusillade was a warning.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
  • The world now knew that the Biden administration had offered to evacuate Zelenskyy from Kyiv as invading Russian forces closed in on Ukraine's capital following a savage fusillade of airstrikes on cities and military bases around Ukraine.
    — James LaPorta, CBS News, 21 May 2026
Definition of fusillade
Noun
  • Three minutes later, Son put away a volley after Carles Gil stopped a ball at the end line and whipped a cross into the center of the box.
    — Kamran Nia July 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
  • Sean Johnson parried a shot by Jonathan Osorio but Corbeanu slammed home a volley that deflected off Johnson.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
Definition of volley
Noun
  • After a bit of activity over the weekend, and a flurry of moves on trade deadline day, the Braves’ last 72 hours was quite pedestrian.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Familiar names departed in a flurry of deals, leaving a clubhouse that suddenly looked much different.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of flurry
Noun
  • The storm system brings the chance of some hail and damaging winds throughout the evening.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Extreme heat, drought, hail and wildfires are rampant across the world, and fires are no longer just occasional tragedies.
    — Kate Dingwall, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 July 2026
Definition of hail
Noun
  • Artillery cannonade from both sides is heard around the clock.
    — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The conclusion of your letter makes my heart throb more than a cannonade.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2022
Definition of cannonade

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