How to Use bellow in a Sentence

bellow

verb

• He bellowed at her to come over at once.
• The sergeant was bellowing orders.
• He was bellowing into the phone, giving orders to one of his employees.
• Chester wowed with his bellowing vocals and dancefloor-ready stage moves, earning a standing ovation from coach John Legend and a chorus of chants from the studio audience.
  — Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
• The way the trumpets bellow from the bowels of Beale Street.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 4 Apr. 2018
• On windy days the ungreased pump on the ranch bellows rusty ballads.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Oct. 2022
• The Islamic call to prayer—the adhan—bellows out five times a day.
  — National Geographic, 23 July 2019
• Old Miles bellows at his clone during one of their blowout fights.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2019
• The recruits bellow Good morning, sir and Aye, sir and hustle to the head before a predawn march to the mess hall.
  — Alex French, Esquire, 11 Jan. 2017
• On a warm afternoon this week, one puffed out his black-and-white throat and bellowed.
  — Jan Hefler, Philly.com, 16 May 2018
• Now News Group) One by one, the cannons bellowed their salute to the nation's birthday.
  — Jane Ford-Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2018
• The song marked the end of an encore, but the hundreds bellowing along with them didn’t appear at all ready to head home.
  — Audra Heinrichs, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
• A burly man in a butcher’s apron bellowed in a deep baritone about the unbeatable price of his pork chops.
  — Besha Rodell, New York Times, 12 June 2017
• Dave Goucher bellowed from the 98.5 Sports Hub radio booth.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
• Emerging markets had a reading of 13 at the end of March, or well bellow their long-term reading of 17.
  — Simon Constable, WSJ, 4 June 2017
• The savvy business woman and brassy dame who had to bellow to be heard, however?
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2021
• The whisper on the school’s microphone was drowned out by the entire crowd joining in and bellowing out the song.
  — Rusty Simmons, SFChronicle.com, 24 Aug. 2019
• After the two swap bodies, Mo (now played by Dassler) pounds his chest and bellows that his new body is like a Ferrari.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 3 Feb. 2024
• Is that Addi managed to yank him up, yank his neck up and push him out of the sand, and then this, all this screaming and the camels are bellowing.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2024
• There in the middle of the table, sits Gary Neville, bellowing out a set of funny stories about his time in Spain.
  — SI.com, 30 Oct. 2019
• The abrupt ending prompted the reporter to bellow with laughter.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2022
• Bull screams are called bellows, and this bull’s bellow sounds a little like Chewbacca ready to throw a punch.
  — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 11 Feb. 2018
• Dust bellowed from the cylindrical corral trap like smoke from stacks.
  — Alex Devoid, azcentral, 27 Mar. 2018
• So bellowed Washington Sr., who was quite a player in his day.
  — David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 18 July 2017
• The howl rippled across the pens until every wolf lifted its nose and bellowed in chorus.
  — Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 26 June 2019
• During jury selection on the first day of the trial, Wilhelm bellowed out his thoughts on the case.
  — Daniel Bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2018
• Then the men started yelling, surging forward, bellowing at the chief.
  — Sean Flynn, Esquire, 9 Mar. 2017
• At which point, the swank crowd in the rink-turned-club rose up, dancing in place, bellowing out lyrics in sync — and not scurrying, as is the L.A. norm at almost 9 p.m. — out to the valet.
  — Merle Ginsberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2024
• The canopies were filled with screeching monkeys and the river with bellowing hippos.
  — Max Bearak, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2019
• The Red Sox righthander has pounded his chest, high-stepped and stomped off the mound, howled after escaping jams, and bellowed in frustration.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024