as in yells
to speak so as to be heard at a distance
well-wishers shouted to departing passengers from the dock
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as in howls
a loud vocal expression of strong emotion
I gave a sudden shout of surprise when the shower abruptly turned ice-cold
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Recent Examples of shouts
Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 2 June 2026
As promised, Ali shoots him, and as everyone panics and hits the floor, Ali shouts that Alamo Brown needs to come out.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 1 June 2026
So shouts an unnamed (and slightly out-of-focus) soldier just as the helicopters land in the central battle sequence in Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026
There have been sometimes somebody shouts in protests.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
This grand procession of Edmonia’s work is an act of reclamation—a gathering in her name that shouts through stone and into the eons.
—Tyehimba Jess, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Biff shouts at him at the show’s excruciating climax) sways between light and dark, between the road and the deadly shoulder, advancing through his last hours on earth as if through the stations of the cross.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
Molina-Mulcahy additionally shouts out color as a major sunglasses trend for 2026.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 26 Mar. 2026
Patientce Foster, her long-time creative director, shouts in approval.
—Jazmine Hughes, Allure, 24 Mar. 2026
Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 26 May 2026
The offer was met with shouts, laughs and cheers from the crowd.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2026
Organizers for Eurovision said that a few of the disruptive attendees were removed from the arena, and their shouts were edited out of the performance clip posted by Eurovision online.
—Andrew Flanagan, Variety, 13 May 2026
The shouts become whistles of joy.
—Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
Lane uses his loud, outside voice to excellent effect, his shouts of exasperation and anger giving way to instant regret and recrimination.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026
In response to shouts for everyone to get down, one administration official at a media table crawled under it, with just her high heels poking out.
—Calvin Woodward, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Outside, a kid spots the bus and shouts.
—Emmanuel Igunza, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026
Juvenile bliss had long contoured this abrasive band, whose songs rattled like playgrounds, and whose shouts rang like the peals of petulant children.
—Samuel Hyland, Pitchfork, 17 Mar. 2026
Verb
Patchett shouts out fellow authors in the novel, including George Saunders, Paul Murray and Kiran Desai.
—Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 2 June 2026
As promised, Ali shoots him, and as everyone panics and hits the floor, Ali shouts that Alamo Brown needs to come out.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 1 June 2026
So shouts an unnamed (and slightly out-of-focus) soldier just as the helicopters land in the central battle sequence in Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026
There have been sometimes somebody shouts in protests.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
This grand procession of Edmonia’s work is an act of reclamation—a gathering in her name that shouts through stone and into the eons.
—Tyehimba Jess, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Biff shouts at him at the show’s excruciating climax) sways between light and dark, between the road and the deadly shoulder, advancing through his last hours on earth as if through the stations of the cross.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
Molina-Mulcahy additionally shouts out color as a major sunglasses trend for 2026.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 26 Mar. 2026
Patientce Foster, her long-time creative director, shouts in approval.
—Jazmine Hughes, Allure, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
Once inside, any sense of peace dissipates in the vociferous shouts from the local crowd, who create a hostile environment for any foreign player.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 26 May 2026
The offer was met with shouts, laughs and cheers from the crowd.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2026
Organizers for Eurovision said that a few of the disruptive attendees were removed from the arena, and their shouts were edited out of the performance clip posted by Eurovision online.
—Andrew Flanagan, Variety, 13 May 2026
The shouts become whistles of joy.
—Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
Lane uses his loud, outside voice to excellent effect, his shouts of exasperation and anger giving way to instant regret and recrimination.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026
In response to shouts for everyone to get down, one administration official at a media table crawled under it, with just her high heels poking out.
—Calvin Woodward, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Outside, a kid spots the bus and shouts.
—Emmanuel Igunza, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026
Juvenile bliss had long contoured this abrasive band, whose songs rattled like playgrounds, and whose shouts rang like the peals of petulant children.
—Samuel Hyland, Pitchfork, 17 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shouts
Verb
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Nobody screams or yells; the Marsies just fire back, and M-6 troops continue to fire in response.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
22 May 2026
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Knives are clutched, teeth are clenched, and a desperate Russian ex-pat yells loud enough for their long-dead ancestors to hear all the way back in the motherland.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
13 May 2026
Noun
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At that point, a loud drum fill announces itself, snarling electric guitars kick in and McCartney’s trademark howls of old arrive in time for a fairly kick-ass chorus.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 May 2026
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It’s installed bioacoustic cameras in Yellowstone to track wolves and analyze their howls.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2026
Verb
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Jennifer Brook cries her own tears for her husband.—
Dawn White,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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By the beginning of the second episode, Margo has dropped out of school and is the totally broke single mother to a colicky baby, Bodhi, who cries so committedly that two of Margo’s roommates move out.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Once seated, the crowd roared each time a member of the cast walked in, with the biggest screams by far going not to Anderson or co-star Assad Zaman but Eric Bogosian, who at 73 plays the youngest vampire of the season, Daniel Molloy.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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Literature, in his view, was a susurrus of stifled screams, a missive from the netherworld of the collective imaginary.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Verb
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The Blackhawks dressing room was a rowdy scene after the game, their hoots and hollers reverberating throughout the bowels of the United Center.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Cowboy and cowgirl hoots and hollers complement the rumbling of the massive animals’ hooves as they’re rounded up into the corrals.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Dec. 2025
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