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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
While in the parking lot, Veliz reportedly drove against traffic and yelled out gang slogans.
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Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
Whoever dispatched that ambulance might be one of many employees at the Department of Emergency Communications who have felt uncomfortable, yelled at and trapped between their calling to help people and what several current and former dispatchers have called a hostile work environment.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Nov. 2025
The man's cellmate, according to court documents, yelled to a nearby officer.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 4 Nov. 2025
Moviegoers' comic enjoyment was so prominent that at one point, a foul-mouthed viewer yelled for everyone to shut up.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
Pollard yelled as the audience cheered.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Ant dramatically yelled out, replying to the fan's question while looking over towards the players on the court.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Hazameh alleged one of the women yelled at her to stop recording a video of the match.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Students and their parents yelled her name and lined up to get a photo with their homegrown UFC superstar.
—Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Oct. 2025
Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
Whoever dispatched that ambulance might be one of many employees at the Department of Emergency Communications who have felt uncomfortable, yelled at and trapped between their calling to help people and what several current and former dispatchers have called a hostile work environment.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Nov. 2025
The man's cellmate, according to court documents, yelled to a nearby officer.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 4 Nov. 2025
Moviegoers' comic enjoyment was so prominent that at one point, a foul-mouthed viewer yelled for everyone to shut up.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
Pollard yelled as the audience cheered.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Ant dramatically yelled out, replying to the fan's question while looking over towards the players on the court.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Hazameh alleged one of the women yelled at her to stop recording a video of the match.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Students and their parents yelled her name and lined up to get a photo with their homegrown UFC superstar.
—Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yelled
Verb
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With this vote, you guys just screamed from the rooftops.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Nov. 2025
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The announcer screamed into the microphone.—
Sara Schiff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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In addition to luxurious cashmere joggers and the Sneex shoes celebrities can’t stop wearing, Oprah shouted out a plushy Brooklinen robe and the Skims pajamas one writer can’t get enough of.—
Averi Baudler,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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Gunfire erupted moments later as officers shouted orders from behind cover.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Once all is shrieked and done, though, what’s left is a faux-prestige screed that’s 100 percent #OhHellNo!—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
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Been there, shrieked at that — but give the Normans credit for leaning into the mean-spirited spirit of the endeavor with some groan- and cheer-worthy fatalities, including a POV shot from the perspective of a witch’s broomstick.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The courtroom was full Wednesday of investigators involved over the decades and the extensive Watson family, some of whom cried audibly through the proceedings.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
6 Nov. 2025
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After Brown disappeared, the owner of the bakery, Alice Lombardi, told CBS News that customers had come into the store and cried.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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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
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Ziva squealed the tires pulling out.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Bostwick asked as the audience hollered.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Oct. 2025
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As soon as the injury happened, Buccaneers players Tristan Wirfs and Tez Johnson immediately hollered for trainers, with Johnson putting his head in his hands after the injury happened.—
Mark Kern,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Yelled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yelled. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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