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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
Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 7 Jan. 2026
Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Romance is celebrated, seen and shouted from rooftops during this time, as this is primetime for falling in love or reigniting passion.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 26 Jan. 2026
Every time a Juventus player lost the ball against Benfica, the fan behind Luciano Spalletti at the Allianz Stadium shouted the same thing over and over again.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
One man in dark clothes, with what appeared to be a replica automatic rifle slung over his shoulder, approached a vehicle with an open window and shouted obscenities at the uniformed ICE agent inside it.
—Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The crowd, rapidly swelling into the hundreds, screamed insults and obscenities at the agents, some of whom shouted back mockingly.
—Jack Brook, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2026
While the officers secured the detainees in the van, Arturo Gonzalez, 23, shouted into a megaphone promising that this would not be the last time protestors take such actions.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
Some families streamed out, while others shouted at the protesters to leave.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 22 Jan. 2026
My colleague Joe Reid is planting his flag onSorry, Baby’s Eva Victor, who could benefit from a late surge of interest after Julia Roberts shouted out her performance onstage at the Golden Globes.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
This blend of styles is not only about presenting contrasts—clean versus shouted vocals, melodic versus dissonant riffs, headbanging versus moshing—but also preserving the murky in-between that only elevates the extreme.
—Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
The crowd, rapidly swelling into the hundreds, screamed insults and obscenities at the agents, some of whom shouted back mockingly.
—Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Romance is celebrated, seen and shouted from rooftops during this time, as this is primetime for falling in love or reigniting passion.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 26 Jan. 2026
Every time a Juventus player lost the ball against Benfica, the fan behind Luciano Spalletti at the Allianz Stadium shouted the same thing over and over again.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
One man in dark clothes, with what appeared to be a replica automatic rifle slung over his shoulder, approached a vehicle with an open window and shouted obscenities at the uniformed ICE agent inside it.
—Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The crowd, rapidly swelling into the hundreds, screamed insults and obscenities at the agents, some of whom shouted back mockingly.
—Jack Brook, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2026
While the officers secured the detainees in the van, Arturo Gonzalez, 23, shouted into a megaphone promising that this would not be the last time protestors take such actions.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
Some families streamed out, while others shouted at the protesters to leave.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 22 Jan. 2026
My colleague Joe Reid is planting his flag onSorry, Baby’s Eva Victor, who could benefit from a late surge of interest after Julia Roberts shouted out her performance onstage at the Golden Globes.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shouted
Verb
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Woolen yelled at his teammates on the sideline after the Rams touchdown and was the focus of immense criticism on social media.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Agents detained one observer as others blew whistles, yelled at them, and recorded video on their phones.—
Yahya Abou-Ghazala,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Victims and their supporters cried and hugged in the hallway while wearing yellow ribbons.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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Through much of his playing career in Washington with the Wizards, Wall cried openly at public moments of joy and sorrow.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The Lakers dunked, hollered and won.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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But Vrabel stopped the photographer and hollered another directive.—
Chad Graff,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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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While one of them reconstructs fragments of silently mouthed words from throat vibrations, the other interprets emotional and contextual signals, such as the time of day or weather conditions, to expand short phrases into complete sentences.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Jan. 2026
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Peacock has dropped the official red band trailer for Season 2 of Seth MacFarlane‘s Ted (appropriately red band for the foul-mouthed teddy bear).—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
15 Jan. 2026
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 Feb. 2026.
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