as in yelled
to speak so as to be heard at a distance
well-wishers shouted to departing passengers from the dock
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Recent Examples of shouted
Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
In April, the couple navigated another mid-episode interruption — this time from an audience member who shouted out during an interview with actor Christopher Meloni.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
Kraft shouted out his family and friends in his hometown.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
While shaking hands and chatting with members of the public, one person shouted questions regarding Prince Andrew as the monarch came near.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
On Sunday, the Steelers fell to the Packers 35-25, and after the game, Rodgers shouted out Packers fans for traveling all the way to Pittsburgh for the matchup.
—Anne Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
At the apartment complex, Phoenix's Special Assignments Unit shouted their presence to those inside before breaking a unit's window and using a battering ram to open a door, as seen in body camera footage shared by police.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
During Knott’s Scary Farm, Fingers’ Ghost sits on an empty stool at a player piano on the Calico Saloon stage and plays requests shouted out by bar patrons.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
The young actress playing Grande’s mini-me in the second Wicked film is Scarlett Spears, whom the pop star shouted out in a sweet post on Instagram after the casting reveal.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Those who predicted a doomed future for all of humanity called us addicts and criminals, leeches and slime (and way worse things) because we were detested, shouted at, dragged by our arms across bedrooms and public sporting events.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
In April, the couple navigated another mid-episode interruption — this time from an audience member who shouted out during an interview with actor Christopher Meloni.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
Kraft shouted out his family and friends in his hometown.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
While shaking hands and chatting with members of the public, one person shouted questions regarding Prince Andrew as the monarch came near.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
On Sunday, the Steelers fell to the Packers 35-25, and after the game, Rodgers shouted out Packers fans for traveling all the way to Pittsburgh for the matchup.
—Anne Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
At the apartment complex, Phoenix's Special Assignments Unit shouted their presence to those inside before breaking a unit's window and using a battering ram to open a door, as seen in body camera footage shared by police.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
During Knott’s Scary Farm, Fingers’ Ghost sits on an empty stool at a player piano on the Calico Saloon stage and plays requests shouted out by bar patrons.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
The young actress playing Grande’s mini-me in the second Wicked film is Scarlett Spears, whom the pop star shouted out in a sweet post on Instagram after the casting reveal.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shouted
Verb
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Kitchen yelled, recording the dozens of monkeys leaping from the trees and into the water in front of her.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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Hazameh alleged one of the women yelled at her to stop recording a video of the match.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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My children cried themselves to sleep.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Across the room, Owens’ family cried with emotion.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Bostwick asked as the audience hollered.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Oct. 2025
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As soon as the injury happened, Buccaneers players Tristan Wirfs and Tez Johnson immediately hollered for trainers, with Johnson putting his head in his hands after the injury happened.—
Mark Kern,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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No photograph could catch the smell drifting from the nearby military barracks and Indian camps; capture the murmured swirl of French, English, Arapaho, and Lakota; or let a viewer feel the colliding anxieties and expectations that hung heavy over negotiations like this.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Instead of the slow, masked killers people were used to, Freddy Krueger was a quick-witted, foul-mouthed, charismatic villain who could kill people in their dreams, oftentimes dragging them down into his nightmarish boiler room before finishing them off.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Davidson’s condition, which leads him to make foul-mouthed outbursts, was barely understood at the time and was the source of misunderstandings, bullying, and harassment.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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His wraparound, tight-quarters assist on a Keshad Johnson dunk in the second half breathed fire into the lungs of the home crowd.—
Bryce Miller Columnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Nov. 2021
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“Shouted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shouted. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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