as in yelling
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 shouting
The move seemed to surprise Fallon, who naturally tried to quell her tears by shouting at her.
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Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
As the speeches began, chaos consumed the day as air horns were blasted, pages from pornographic magazines thrown down from the balconies and white mice released on to the floor, before the ‘nun’ started dancing up and down the aisles shouting comic profanity.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
If Fuentes was just some unknown crank with a megaphone shouting his incoherent ideas at a city intersection, perhaps platforming them would serve little purpose.
—Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
The driver in the vehicle where the footage was filmed can be heard shouting in shock as flames billow and consume what remains of the aircraft on the runway and with another plane visible in front.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Hyman shared another video of herself shouting about the incident in what appeared to be a cafe attached to the gym.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
My friends played their parts, crowing over the buffet, piling their plates with sliders and wings, shouting at the television.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Adelaida holes up in her mother’s apartment, unable to bring herself to pack up or even sort through her things, ignoring the banging and shouting from the street below.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
His clips are pretty rudimentary tributes to guys like Thomas Sankara, the former Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, shouting them out with highlight reels and songs by 100 gecs and Jersey club collective TwerkNation28.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
As the speeches began, chaos consumed the day as air horns were blasted, pages from pornographic magazines thrown down from the balconies and white mice released on to the floor, before the ‘nun’ started dancing up and down the aisles shouting comic profanity.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
If Fuentes was just some unknown crank with a megaphone shouting his incoherent ideas at a city intersection, perhaps platforming them would serve little purpose.
—Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
The driver in the vehicle where the footage was filmed can be heard shouting in shock as flames billow and consume what remains of the aircraft on the runway and with another plane visible in front.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Hyman shared another video of herself shouting about the incident in what appeared to be a cafe attached to the gym.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
My friends played their parts, crowing over the buffet, piling their plates with sliders and wings, shouting at the television.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Adelaida holes up in her mother’s apartment, unable to bring herself to pack up or even sort through her things, ignoring the banging and shouting from the street below.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
His clips are pretty rudimentary tributes to guys like Thomas Sankara, the former Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, shouting them out with highlight reels and songs by 100 gecs and Jersey club collective TwerkNation28.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shouting
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The team claims Oakley was yelling continuously at Dolan, but Oakley has denied that and said he was asked to leave the arena shortly after taking his seat at the game for no reason.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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His tone was sharp, almost yelling.—
Heather Hunter,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Nov. 2025
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The man sat in the driver's seat, while the woman sat in the passenger seat, their crying child in the man’s arms.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
9 Nov. 2025
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At one point during the hearing, Richards pleaded for a tissue and began crying while recalling a particularly abusive event in May.—
Tracy Wright , Christina Dugan Ramirez , Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Early this season, Coen, a former UMass quarterback who coached under Sean McVay with the Los Angeles Rams, was seen hollering at Lawrence on the sideline after an incompletion.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Dec. 2025
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Probst is as bad as any of them about this — look back no further than the amount of airtime on Wednesday’s finale that was spent hollering about Savannah making Survivor history by winning as many challenges as five other women in show history.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
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Agents appear to fight off a screaming crowd trying to help the man by pushing them away and threatening them with pepper spray.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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There’s nothing like stepping onto the ice with thousands of screaming school children on top of you after an early-morning bus ride to play in an early-morning game to remind you’re in the AHL rather than the NHL.—
Scott Powers,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Shouting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shouting. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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