singing (out)

verb

present participle of sing (out)
as in speaking out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for singing (out)
  1. speaking out
  2. speaking up
  3. shouting
  4. crying
  5. talking up
  6. yelling
  7. sounding off
  8. thundering
Verb
  • An American woman is speaking out after being rescued from a seaplane crash that was caught on camera near the Bahamas on Saturday.
    — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • When it was relayed to Moore that Johnson was speaking out of turn and ruining the sanctity of what happens in the huddle, the Heisman hopeful was less than pleased.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of speaking out
Verb
  • Rather than treating speaking up as an all-or-nothing leap, this approach breaks team communication down into three manageable levels, each one raising the stakes slightly while lowering the barrier to entry.
    — Esther K. Choy, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • Yet Haitians have built lives here, often with the support of neighbors, nonprofits and churches – groups speaking up as the community prepares for the end of TPS.
    — Gina Perez, The Conversation, 21 July 2026
Definition of speaking up
Verb
  • Feige said, shouting out Holland, Cretton, fellow producer Amy Pascal and distributor Sony Pictures.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The officers began shouting multiple commands simultaneously, creating confusion for Aubrey.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of shouting
Verb
  • As officers took the suspect into custody, a child could be heard crying in the background, according to the body camera footage.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The 2-year-old can be heard crying in the footage as officers try to console her.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of crying
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  • Damola Adamolekun, the youngest CEO the chain restaurant has ever seen at 37 years old, acknowledges the company's storied history with celebrity, and has been talking up the brand since taking over.
    — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
  • Since Anthropic began offering glimpses of their Mythos model earlier this year, critics have slammed the company for allegedly building hype by talking up how dangerous the model could be in the wrong hands.
    — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of talking up
Verb
  • Downright rude when driving, scooters and bikes weaving in and out, people opening their windows and yelling all the time.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • As Hwang and her partner placed the ticket on the car’s windshield and were returning to their vehicle, the vehicle’s owner approached, yelling expletives and ripping the citation to pieces.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
Definition of yelling
Verb
  • Influencers like Paige Paul (née Lorenze) have been sounding off in Four Winds Craft Guild’s comments, trying to frame the argument as a feminist one.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 July 2026
  • His inconsistencies were glaring, sounding off alarm bells about whether Drury had made a miscalculation.
    — Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of sounding off
Verb
  • This fine Michael Reaves shot, top, of Golden Tempo edging Renegade at the Churchill finish line is a grand rendering of two airborne Thoroughbreds thundering down on victory, or something very close to it.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • The celebration opened with piercing fifes and thundering drums from the Young Patriots Fife & Drum Corps from Pleasanton, as a nod to America's quincentennial.
    — Brian Hackney, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Definition of thundering
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