How to Use shouting distance in a Sentence

shouting distance

noun

• We live within shouting distance of my parents.
• The Rockies, who’d been in shouting distance of the wild card, faded.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2022
• Young was held scoreless on six shots, but Bogdanović kept the Hawks in shouting distance with 15 points.
  — Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2021
• At one point Kai spots the Flagstaffers, who had left camp 30 minutes ahead of us, on the other side of the drainage, well within shouting distance.
  — Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021
• Williams had broken her serve to go up 3-2 and moved within shouting distance of the finish line.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2022
• So the hero of Queens, No. 41, will be within shouting distance of the hero of Brooklyn, who famously wore No. 42.
  — New York Times, 15 Apr. 2022
• The Winterhawks had to chase from there, and got within shouting distance, but could never get that goal to cut it to one.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 17 May 2022
• Bullock helps The Pistons trailed by 14 points in the first half, but Bullock’s efforts helped his team to remain in shouting distance.
  — Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press, 27 Jan. 2018
• Only KaVontae Turpin’s 94-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to start the second half had the Frogs in shouting distance of a chance to win.
  — Carlos Mendez, star-telegram, 28 Oct. 2017
• Iowa needed a letdown in order to have any chance to stay within shouting distance.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 23 Oct. 2022
• She’s a Southern girl, through and through -- a Tuscaloosa native who grew up in a house on a dirt road, within shouting distance of her grandparents.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 26 Apr. 2021
• Most of Thiel’s fortune was made within shouting distance of Café Venetia.
  — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
• This little gem of a nursery is hidden within shouting distance of the Pearl District.
  — oregonlive, 8 July 2021
• Without him, Golden State (35-33) isn't even within shouting distance of the playoffs.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2021
• Despite missing much of the last four seasons to the suspensions and the pandemic, Cano, with two years left on his deal, was still within shouting distance of 3,000 hits.
  — Jerry Beach, Forbes, 3 May 2022
• The Cowboys, who are within shouting distance of the playoff, have already confirmed their trip to Arlington, Texas, next week.
  — USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2021
• That’s been enough to shake off any lingering cobwebs from their creaky start and finally put them within shouting distance of first place.
  — SI.com, 18 June 2018
• Or someone masked and alone in a park, with absolutely no one within shouting distance.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2020
• Maybe having the rest of the division within shouting distance will help the Saints stave off any form of complacency despite the five-game winning streak.
  — Larry Holder, NOLA.com, 1 Nov. 2017
• This kept Milwaukee within shouting distance of the division title and are right next to Chicago for the NL’s second wild card.
  — Chris Wassel, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 15 Sep. 2019
• Democrats thought that the substantial weakening of the climate provisions in the House bill had gotten Mr. Manchin within shouting distance of yes.
  — New York Times, 20 Dec. 2021
• And then, a look spread across her face signaling a revelation: There may be 500 dads within shouting distance.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2018
• Those looking for big city escapes can stay in carriage houses within shouting distance of Manhattan, or get lost in an A-frame deep in the Pine Barrens.
  — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2023
• Winter Park is back to the drawing board in charting a path forward for its former library, which sits within shouting distance of Park Avenue.
  — Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2023
• This is the category that seems to always have at least one former champion make the cut and play the weekend while being within shouting distance of the leaders.
  — Jason Hoffman, The Enquirer, 5 Apr. 2023
• Free throws kept the Razorbacks within shouting distance.
  — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2021
• The Sooners, the first power-conference opponent the Bulldogs faced since December, were within shouting distance for most of the first half.
  — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2021
• Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields could be within shouting distance.
  — Oliver Thomas, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
• The strategy paid off as Derrick Jones Jr. went just 1 for 6 from 3-point range, despite those looks coming with no defender within shouting distance of him.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2024
• Microsoft —the only big tech company whose market cap is within shouting distance of Apple’s $3 trillion level—is up 55% so far this year, and some others in the group have risen much more.
  — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024