hollers 1 of 2

plural of holler

hollers

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of holler

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of hollers
Noun
Their hoots and hollers drowned Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s explanation of how a title defense fell short. Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 31 May 2026 Blues developed after the Civil War (1861–65) and was influenced by 19th-century work songs and field hollers, minstrel show music, ragtime, and church music such as spirituals and hymns, as well as the folk and popular music of white Southerners. René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 May 2026 Its rumble barreled over crowds gathered at KSC’s press site drowning out cheers, hollers and the clicking sounds of cameras snapping away pictures of the liftoff. Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026 During his very first talk show appearance onThe Ellen Show that same year, Dane joked about the famous scene and the use of double-stick tape to an audience of screaming women, clearly enjoying the crowd's appreciative mewls and hollers. Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026 By the end of my life, there may be no one left who speaks like my father outside the hollers and the one-horse towns. Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2026 On fall game days, the football team and marching band parade onto the field to loud cheers and hollers, fresh out of a Friday Night Lights episode. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025 All the segments understand the assignment, aiming primarily to elicit hoots and hollers. James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025 The town hall crowd received my comments with strong clapping and appreciative hoots and hollers. Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
The Blackhawks dressing room was a rowdy scene after the game, their hoots and hollers reverberating throughout the bowels of the United Center. Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026 Cowboy and cowgirl hoots and hollers complement the rumbling of the massive animals’ hooves as they’re rounded up into the corrals. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025 The epic shot shows the massive scale of the Sphere as the Chicago Bulls theme plays in the background and Chalamet enthusiastically hoots and hollers in celebration. Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025 There are hoots and hollers from raucous tourists on Bourbon Street, for example. Matt Alderton, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025 There are a few hoots and hollers as the others agree or protest. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2025 Ruidoso, New Mexico — The soft dribble of rain drapes a herd of cowboy hats as an auctioneer hollers bidding numbers into the mist. Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hollers
Noun
  • Jonsson grew visibly emotional amid the shouts and cheers for his casting during Saturday’s Marvel panel.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 July 2026
  • On the side of the highway, the night is a cacophony of blaring horns and the shouts of drunken men.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Noun
  • In the decades after his death, Johnson’s loose playing and harrowing moans set American music on a path that would encompass Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, even Nas.
    Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
  • Sweet tweets, soft moans, the distant caw of a shore bird piloting toward the sea, spirited and hopeful, daylight already breaking through.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
Verb
  • Adrian complains that McElwee, instead of making documentaries, should have followed the lucrative path of a Hollywood director, and even reproaches him for having turned down an offer to make a TV commercial.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 July 2026
  • If he had been forced to stick with readily available materials, Rashid complains, the deck behind the house would have been green or brown.
    Dean Kaufman, Curbed, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Boos against opponents and bad referees and yells at your side to do better was the Spirit moving you to testify.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • Rays pitching coach Kyle Snyder yells a lot of things from the dugout during a game, usually aimed at his own players.
    Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • Somewhere in the heated mist hovered the howls of Albert Ayler and the clarion call of his brother Donald’s trumpet, followed by the Ornette Coleman Quartet, saluting him with joyous cacophony.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026
  • Many American poets have written hymns and howls, declarations and outcries for this country that brims with so many people, and so many hopes, from all over the world.
    Scott Simon, NPR, 4 July 2026
Noun
  • The Citizens Review Board, which reviews complaints about CMPD, has not responded to requests for comment.
    Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
  • The feud has gotten personal and heated recently, but the complaints date back years.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • Contrary to his radio silence at today’s hearings, one thing that screams with clarity is Fauci’s diary.
    Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • This halter-neck set just screams chic, and its flowy, breathable fabric is ideal for humid summer days.
    Annie Blackman, InStyle, 25 July 2026
Verb
  • In another concert, Mikis Theodorakis comes on stage with his son, and my father cries again.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
  • Since 2018, Microsoft has answered those curmudgeons’ cries with the Surface Laptop line, now in its eighth generation.
    Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026

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“Hollers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollers. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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