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yelling

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verb

present participle of yell

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of yelling
Verb
And there are people yelling for Dylan to come back. Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Dec. 2024 There are people yelling at the other people to shut up. Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Dec. 2024 Everybody was yelling his name. Bruce Feldman, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024 Three were arrested, including — and here’s perhaps the wildest part — an unrelated man who showed up armed at the scene hours later, after a relative told him about the shooting, surrendered his firearms to police and began yelling at them. Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 26 Dec. 2024 The house’s owner, who was outside, ran at the dog, yelling, using some choice words. James Parker, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024 And people get upset and start yelling, what the hell is this crap? Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024 Witnesses claim the confrontation began when Holcomb approached Payne and her friend outside the club, reportedly yelling at them. Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 23 Dec. 2024 There’s a lot of yelling and shoving and such, all on Tommy’s part. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 22 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yelling
Adjective
  • Get ready for a wild ride in Kansas City as a weather system will send temperatures plummeting and usher in howling winds, rain and maybe some light snow on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Burning telephone poles blocked lanes and black soot swept across the pavement, blown by the howling winds.
    Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • While it's not confirmed, McCartney could lend his vocal talents as well.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • But opposition became more vocal when President Donald Trump appointed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services.
    Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • His outspoken criticism of a student strike won him the support of California’s then governor, Ronald Reagan, and, in 1968, Hayakawa was appointed the college’s acting president.
    Graciela Mochkofsky, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
  • Another singles match will see the tough Sheamus go one-on-one with the outspoken Grayson Waller.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025

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“Yelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yelling. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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