hollered

past tense of holler

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of hollered Martin was onstage with Sweeney, Michôd and the rest of the cast as the Princess of Wales Theatre crowd hollered. Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025 Eagles coach Nick Sirianni hollered the situation. Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025 The communal experience of seeing movies in theaters was on full display at the weekend box office as audiences across the country screeched, screamed and hollered together when watching New Line’s original horror pic Weapons. Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025 Members have hissed and hollered at Presidents of the opposing party in recent years with casual regularity. Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025 Other vehicles honked while driving by, or whooped and hollered to show support. Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Feb. 2025 Players hollered while Blackwell met with the media about his 94-yard touchdown. Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025 Behind us, a line of taxi drivers hollered as the police rummaged through the suspects’ belongings. Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025 Sharks Mark Cuban and Greiner hooted and hollered their dislike of the espresso martini's taste. Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 19 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hollered
Verb
  • Steve Jobs screamed from time to time as self-therapy.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The symbolism is a little over-the-top if this is the case, but then again, this is a show for teens based on a YA novel, also for teens, and sometimes the symbolism needs to be screamed in ALL CAPS.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Kennedy often shouted at the senators, who shouted at him.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Whether shouted from Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park or written on X, inciting violence can be criminal in the United Kingdom.
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Prosecutors describe the laws as an invaluable tool against would-be attackers, but civil liberties groups have long complained of overreach.
    Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement The panel has already obtained roughly 33,000 pages of records from the Justice Department, though Democrats have complained those disclosures contained little new information.
    Nik Popli, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Plus, after spotting Faulkner’s three daughters, Jan, Barbara and Leslie, on the sidelines during filming of The Undefeated in Mexico, Wayne yelled for wardrobe and put the young girls in the movie.
    Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Washington yelled, according to Reynolds.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When Harry confessed that the newlyweds’ romance was inspiring to him in his own dating life, Kate reportedly cried.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 7 Sep. 2025
  • After Vekić broke her serve at 4–4, Gauff sat in her chair during the changeover and cried.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • There are few actors whose disembodied voices could carry long stretches of cinema, but Dafoe manages it, turning monologues about marionette mechanics or muttered complaints about hotel politics into something weirdly magnetic.
    Leila Latif, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Some faculty and staff reacted with horror, others voiced increasing fear about the ongoing assault on academic freedom, and some merely muttered in sad resignation to the new reality.
    Giuliana Perrone, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • From the other room, the victim moaned.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Yankees fans have moaned and groaned about Aaron Boone’s deployment of Williams in crucial situations this season, and it’s only exacerbated now that every game counts in the postseason race.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025

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“Hollered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollered. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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