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as in screamed
to cry out loudly and emotionally
yelled with fear when the speeding car veered onto the crowded sidewalk
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as in shouted
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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Recent Examples of yelled
The mother screamed and yelled at Bonnoyer, eventually leaving the home to report her child missing.
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
Bauder admonished the crowd several times for being too noisy, and police removed a protester who yelled vulgar comments.
—Heather Hollingsworth, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Bauder admonished the crowd several times for being too noisy, and police removed a protester who yelled vulgar comments.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026
One guy yelled at me yesterday.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Some demonstrators linked hands while others yelled in the faces of officers.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026
Padilla yelled out in closing out the sketch, to loud applause.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2026
At one point, Sumrall yelled at Florida’s punters.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026
The pipeline workers, visibly agitated by our taunts, occasionally yelled back.
—Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
Bauder admonished the crowd several times for being too noisy, and police removed a protester who yelled vulgar comments.
—Heather Hollingsworth, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Bauder admonished the crowd several times for being too noisy, and police removed a protester who yelled vulgar comments.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026
One guy yelled at me yesterday.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Some demonstrators linked hands while others yelled in the faces of officers.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026
Padilla yelled out in closing out the sketch, to loud applause.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2026
At one point, Sumrall yelled at Florida’s punters.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026
The pipeline workers, visibly agitated by our taunts, occasionally yelled back.
—Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yelled
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Every cell in my body screamed yes, but my mind spiraled.—
Jennifer Wolfgram,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Masters screamed loudly several times in delight after winning the women's sprint sitting discipline in Para cross-country skiing on Tuesday at Milan Cortina in Italy.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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By now, the standard sound of rage rap — redlining drums deployed with abandon, frenetic, almost spastic chord arrangements, and often shouted, mantra-like lyrics delivered in an impassioned scream — has become a predictable shorthand for overtures to a younger audience.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
10 Mar. 2026
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Before and after the vote, people in the hearing room shouted at lawmakers and warned of the harm the bill could do.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Mar. 2026
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Near the launch site, members of the crowd shrieked or stared in disbelief.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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Normally, scent voices are mere whispers compared to the screams and angry shouts of humans, but in that section, certain sensitive plant species shrieked incessantly because of their proximity to plants that hindered their growth.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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My older daughter has cried on and off but seems mostly unburdened in a way that only kids can.—
Nicole Frehsee Mazur,
Rolling Stone,
13 Mar. 2026
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Helen wept quietly, believing her world had come to an end, while Alice, always comfortable with attention, cried more lustily.—
Charlotte Brooks,
Big Think,
13 Mar. 2026
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Japanese figure skater Kaori Sakamoto squealed with delight when presented with a Tina plushie, while freestyle skier Eileen Gu hoisted the mascot into the air after earning a silver medal.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Beyond the housing units that concealed this bloody event, a truck rumbled along the road, a basketball bounced, children squealed, the sounds foreign, from another world.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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My husband heard the commotion and hollered at me for yelling at his sister.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Dallas Morning News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Dropkin, of Massachusetts, and Thiesse, of Minnesota, whooped and hollered after edging the hosts, hugging tightly.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Yelled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yelled. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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