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as in to scream
to cry out loudly and emotionally
yelled with fear when the speeding car veered onto the crowded sidewalk
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2
as in to shout
to speak so as to be heard at a distance
I yelled to the kids in the backyard that it was time to go home
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as in shout
a loud vocal expression of strong emotion
the crowd gave a yell of approval
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Recent Examples of yell
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 June 2026
Guides and wranglers raced ahead, swinging their hats and yelling.
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Dolores Brown,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
Shayna Rubin,
San Francisco Chronicle,
30 Mar. 2026
Vesia let out a yell and pointed toward the Dodgers' family section while getting a standing ovation from the crowd.
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Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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Verb
Vance smiled while Goldberg yelled at Navarro, and attempted to joke around with the cohosts earlier in the interview — including quipping at the top of the show that his press team told him that the traditionally left-leaning panel of cohosts actually comprised a roster of MAGA Republicans.
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Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 June 2026
Guides and wranglers raced ahead, swinging their hats and yelling.
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Dolores Brown,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
Noun
Roupp let out a yell after inducing a 1-4-3 double play from Manny Machado to end the sixth inning.
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Shayna Rubin,
San Francisco Chronicle,
30 Mar. 2026
Vesia let out a yell and pointed toward the Dodgers' family section while getting a standing ovation from the crowd.
—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yell
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Like why does Bravo think making the captions all different sizes screams Gen Z?
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For Denver, who sent the pick away, this screams cost-cutting measure for a team running into second apron issues.
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Her longtime bestie Abigail Anderson, whom Swift shouted out in her 2008 album Fearless, tied the knot for the first time in September 2017.
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He was shouted out by multiple fighters following victories.
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Through blood-curdling howls and rants about fascism, fraud, and fighting to understand your identity, Truck Violence push through ugliness to find something more unaltered and real.
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Her presence is heralded not by the sounds of howls, roars or clanking chains, but by the shutting of the door to her study, the scrape of her chair as it is pulled towards her desk, and the clanking of her type-writer keys.
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Fans shrieked and hollered as every player in the realmwide war — Queen Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy), Prince Daemon (Matt Smith), the Sea Snake (Steve Toussaint) and his nemesis Lohar (Abigail Thorn) — popped up.
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As the noise-rap-electro act Jane Remover shrieked and pleaded through a 90-minute marathon set at the Fonda on Thursday night, one very young couple dressed right out of a conservative‘s nightmare — gender-ambiguous, purple hair, facial piercings — tapped me on the shoulder.
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White men and women have cried after trying the shackles.
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And just like that, the wait to cry is on.
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Pigs that were being hauled by the semi could be heard squealing at the scene.
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Automatic weapons blasting, tires squealing, the whole bit.
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Timothée Chalamet exited through the same tunnel and was also hooting and hollering with his fellow Knicks fans.
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After beating the throw to first base, Bowen clapped his hands together and hollered a few times.
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“Yell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yell. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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