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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 next day, standing below the balcony of the Lorraine Motel where the team was staying in Memphis, King yelled down at Jackson in joviality, as if to mitigate the outburst, inviting him to dinner.
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Johanna Neuman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
Maintain a standard Jalen yelled at me a few times for not getting my eyes on coach Jay Wright.
—Jayson Jenks, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
Schneider yelled to the cheering crowd.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 Feb. 2026
Cook said that Parker pulled out her phone and yelled at the suspects to leave.
—Briauna Brown, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Jon Levy, the dinner’s host and a behavioral scientist, yelled out.
—Jane Bua, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Court documents show Shadbar, who is white, yelled several derogatory racist and sexist slurs at his neighbors and had regularly harassed the family, including firing blank rounds toward Robertson’s home and throwing an M-80 type of firework over the fence into her yard.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
The two men yelled and cursed at each other before a staffer pulled the Congressman away.
—Joann Angelico-Stetson, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
So what was your first reaction when Yam Yam yelled your name?
—Kennedy French, Variety, 3 Feb. 2026
Johanna Neuman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
Maintain a standard Jalen yelled at me a few times for not getting my eyes on coach Jay Wright.
—Jayson Jenks, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
Schneider yelled to the cheering crowd.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 Feb. 2026
Cook said that Parker pulled out her phone and yelled at the suspects to leave.
—Briauna Brown, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Jon Levy, the dinner’s host and a behavioral scientist, yelled out.
—Jane Bua, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Court documents show Shadbar, who is white, yelled several derogatory racist and sexist slurs at his neighbors and had regularly harassed the family, including firing blank rounds toward Robertson’s home and throwing an M-80 type of firework over the fence into her yard.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
The two men yelled and cursed at each other before a staffer pulled the Congressman away.
—Joann Angelico-Stetson, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
So what was your first reaction when Yam Yam yelled your name?
—Kennedy French, Variety, 3 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yelled
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Hudson was spotted out in New York City, and her look screamed grunge-cool.—
Eva Thomas,
InStyle,
19 Feb. 2026
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Fans danced and screamed and sang.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Ahead of the screening, Braff addressed fans in attendance and shouted out everyone involved in bringing the revival to life.—
Angeline Jane Bernabe,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Related Stories The slur was shouted by John Davidson, who is diagnosed with Tourette syndrome.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
23 Feb. 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
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Two years ago, Samuel Stockton sat in the underbelly of Ball Arena and cried after a state championship slipped through his fingertips.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
22 Feb. 2026
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Before being sentenced to 38 years in prison for the murder of his third wife, former Bolingbrook police officer Drew Peterson cried, raged and whispered during a 40-minute speech.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 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
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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 25 Feb. 2026.
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