bell

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Verb
  • Fans in their team jerseys waved flags, shouted for their countrymen and continued the ritual booing of the opposing national anthem that has become an nightly undercard for a tournament that was the return of NHL stars to the international scene after missing the last two Winter Olympics.
    Jimmy Golen, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
  • There’s plenty such wordplay in The Safe House, to the point that the movie can seem like a caricature of overeducated, perpetually growling Parisians shouting for social change, but too self-centered and comfortable in their bourgeois lifestyles to do anything drastic about it.
    Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • High winds buffeted the Atlantic Coast on Monday from Florida to Maine but the gusts into the 60s may have seemed like a gentle breeze compared to the howling winds at the Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
  • For now, the sun is down and the monkeys are howling.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Gibson didn’t really know Ainscough and showed up to Ainscough’s funeral uninvited and made a scene with over-the-top crying and wailing, per Women’s Weekly.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The journalists wrote in their book that Gibson showed up to Ainscough’s funeral uninvited and made a scene with over-the-top crying and wailing, per Women's Weekly.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Hedges will yell from the Guardians’ dugout if a catcher mishandles a pitch, poking fun at his manager, Stephen Vogt, a former catcher known more for his offense than defense.
    Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Now in Season 3, another family patriarch on the verge of ruin – this time, financial – also gets yelled at on a phone call, and the person on the other end of the line is another surprise voice cameo by an Academy Award-winning supporting actor.
    Dan Heching, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • One family has a sick child who could be heard crying in the background during a call between Herischi and Panamanian officials.
    Yong Xiong, Michael Rios, CNN and Ivonne Valdés, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Constant observation of these events on your social media can create a massive shock to the nervous system and a sense of disintegration and fragmentation, coupled with intense emotions such as crying, shallow breathing or lashing out.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Over the next couple hours, the cranes slowly pealed off from the roosting flock and headed out to feed.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 25 Mar. 2024
  • What other unique design features are a part of the new St. Charles? Another feature of the church people can enjoy, Cattani said, are four large bells in the church's bell tower that peal throughout the day as well as for weddings and funerals.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
Verb
  • Pregnant women are given boosters for Tdap at around 27 to 36 weeks to protect their babies from whooping cough until the infants can get their own shot at two months.
    Melissa Dahl, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2025
  • The reason whooping cough can bring on such a gnarly, well, cough in the first place is because of how B. pertussis wreaks havoc: These bugs latch on to the cilia (a.k.a. tiny hairlike protrusions) on cells in your respiratory tract and ooze toxins, triggering inflammation and swelling.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Those tend to not have much applause or anybody hooting and hollering.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
  • She wasn’t used to being around that many sailors all screaming and hollering for her.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Bell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bell. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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