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
As Pillay speaks, he is interrupted by random beeps and Canada’s players shouting either in frustration or excitement nearby.
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Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 17 June 2026
There’s been such an outpouring of people online, from film critics to awards pundits, shouting out your performance.
—Matt Minton, Variety, 17 June 2026
But for years, sleep experts have been shouting at the top of their lungs that part of the problem lies in our lightscape.
—Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
There’s the Swede promoting the power of ranch dressing, the Italians marveling at fountain drinks with ice and free refills, the English rhapsodizing over chicken parm and just about everyone shouting out the friendliness of the businesses that served them.
—Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
Singer Bradley Nowell drunk-steered his band through sordid anthems, crashing through references to classic ska and dancehall songs, shouting out Rudimentary Peni and Geto Boys, and re-setting the murder ballads and drug sprees of outlaw country in suburban California.
—Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026
Jon Stewart, a born and bred New Yorker, kicked off his Monday night installment of The Daily Show celebrating the momentous victory of the Knicks, shouting out sanitation workers and the community of NYC for coming together to celebrate the team’s triumph for the first time since 1973.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 15 June 2026
Passersby saw the incident taking place and began shouting at the man to stop.
—CBS News, 15 June 2026
People shouting out stuff like, 'Guilty!
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 17 June 2026
There’s been such an outpouring of people online, from film critics to awards pundits, shouting out your performance.
—Matt Minton, Variety, 17 June 2026
But for years, sleep experts have been shouting at the top of their lungs that part of the problem lies in our lightscape.
—Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
There’s the Swede promoting the power of ranch dressing, the Italians marveling at fountain drinks with ice and free refills, the English rhapsodizing over chicken parm and just about everyone shouting out the friendliness of the businesses that served them.
—Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
Singer Bradley Nowell drunk-steered his band through sordid anthems, crashing through references to classic ska and dancehall songs, shouting out Rudimentary Peni and Geto Boys, and re-setting the murder ballads and drug sprees of outlaw country in suburban California.
—Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026
Jon Stewart, a born and bred New Yorker, kicked off his Monday night installment of The Daily Show celebrating the momentous victory of the Knicks, shouting out sanitation workers and the community of NYC for coming together to celebrate the team’s triumph for the first time since 1973.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 15 June 2026
Passersby saw the incident taking place and began shouting at the man to stop.
—CBS News, 15 June 2026
People shouting out stuff like, 'Guilty!
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shouting
Verb
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A lot of yelling and screaming.—
Brian Unger,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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She was arrested last summer for yelling at imaginary people due to her psychiatric challenges, Murphy said.—
Jack Dura,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026
Verb
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Then and only then did Brunson wrap his head in a towel, double over at the waist and start crying.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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Having never lived away from home before, Holman-Robinson later recalled crying after the move.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
14 June 2026
Verb
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Timothée Chalamet exited through the same tunnel and was also hooting and hollering with his fellow Knicks fans.—
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
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By the end of Alba’s rendition, the entire team was hollering and cheering and urging Messi to go next.—
Paul Tenorio,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
Verb
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The cells are basically screaming ‘Hey, our DNA is getting cooked here,’ and that stimulates the pigment cell.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
16 June 2026
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Police said officers were dispatched after a caller reported hearing a woman screaming inside an apartment.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Shouting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shouting. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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