sounding off

present participle of sound off

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of sounding off For the writers pictured here, engaging with culture isn’t a hobby or a sideline or a way of sounding off. Richard Renaldi, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025 Local police chiefs are sounding off after viral footage of a brutal Cincinnati assault shined new light on what local leaders are saying is a consistent failure regarding violent offenders being released onto the city’s streets. Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sounding off
Verb
  • Watch the video of Renner speaking out below.
    William Earl, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Princess Diana’s hairstylist, Sam McKnight, is speaking out amid rumors Kate Middleton’s new blonde hair is a wig.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Kuching, the capital of Sarawak on the island of Borneo, isn't shouting about its commitment to sustainability.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Then, Suarez moved to another part of the field, where he is seen shouting, stepping on the foot of Sounders head of security Gene Ramirez and spitting on him.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And thankfully, regulators are speaking up, as well.
    Susan Tompor, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
  • But there’s a moment when a journalist asks him about entertainers speaking up about the war.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That’s when Billy, a conman serving a debt of service to the pirates, burst through the crowd, yelling at the blaster men.
    Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • As Mamdani was delivering his opening remarks, a man with a shirt that read Cuba and a Cuban flag approached the stage, yelling that Mamdani was a Communist.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The 8-year-old ia unable to sleep without crying throughout the night and uncontrollably in his sleep, his mother wrote.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Sep. 2025
  • This wakes my kids who start crying.
    Esther K. Choy, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In a video uploaded to the TikTok account of its German subsidiary, a young brunette woman can be seen talking up the company’s connectivity speeds and a 120-euro cashback promotion.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Danielson did his best coach-speak talking up the opponent this week, but when the Big Sky celebrates multiple FCS playoff teams again this season, the Eagles likely won’t be among them.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The tightening polls also came after Cornyn leaned into the Texas redistricting fight, garnering attention for calling on the FBI to help bring back Democrats who had fled the state in protest against efforts to redraw the maps.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 12 Sep. 2025
  • With Brown's impending court date set for later this month, Republicans are calling for the removal of Magistrate Judge Teresa Stokes, who lawmakers argue didn't hold Brown accountable for his past alleged crimes.
    Tierra Cunningham, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Younger Republican voters and GOP contrarians are piping up to challenge the broad consensus in the Republican Party that has been in lockstep with policy on Israel.
    Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 19 Aug. 2025

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“Sounding off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sounding%20off. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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