shouting

present participle of shout

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of shouting Kids are shouting it in classrooms when a teacher turns to page 67, when lunchtime is 6 to 7 minutes away or for no reason at all. Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025 But in the form of its Peterborough boot, Church’s has managed to make a boot that merely nods to its equestrian heritage rather than shouting it. Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025 The two have a tense, uneasy conversation, and Hank has completely unraveled, shouting to Alma about how his life has been destroyed by Maggie. Barry Levitt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025 Scherzer could be seen shouting at Schneider, not so much pleading his case to stay in the game as insisting. Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025 Included in the edit were a sports clip of Charlotte Hornets’ basketball player LaMelo Ball, who stands 6 feet 7 inches tall, and another clip featuring a tween and some fellow tween basketball fans shouting the numbers while waving their palms up and down courtside at a game. Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025 Person after person comes by, shouting something to Orsoni. Aislyn Greene, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025 To their right, a woman raised her hand, jabbing her index finger forward and shouting. Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025 Echoes of those shouting through bullhorns can be heard by those mowing their yards or working on their cars outside. Natasha Korecki, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shouting
Verb
  • Parker’s series starts out with too much bellowing and yelling along with hazing and bullying but loosens up and broadens out to peer into the lives of other recruits who are wrestling with demons and sometimes each other.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • What Surin didn’t know was that the night of her concert, several clips of her yelling at the fan that grabbed Eilish slowly went viral online, garnering posts from Finneas and Reneé Rapp.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This week's headlines in the pet world left us crying tears of joy and sadness—from a puppy watching his mom and siblings get adopted before him to a clip of the Halloween season spooking a canine—but the week wouldn't be complete without a few highlights from our readers.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • 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, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To celebrate our arrival, my fellow travelers and I run into the sea, hooting and hollering at the pins-and-needles cold.
    Chloe Berge, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The pair is seen crawling through a wildflower field, dancing, and jumping, but also hollering at each other, brandishing knives, and at some point, Lawrence licks a window with zeal.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Obviously, there is a bird on the hood, the screaming chicken.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Pointed gestures toward the lingering tension between Japan and Korea — and between those two countries and the rest of the planet — are drowned out by tiresome bickering and exaggerated gags, like a meaningful conversation swallowed into the sound of an airplane engine screaming overhead.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2025

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“Shouting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shouting. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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