as in screaming
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as in shrieking
to cry out loudly and emotionally
yelled with fear when the speeding car veered onto the crowded sidewalk
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as in shouting
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 yelling
Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
She was accused of yelling racial slurs and throwing a pillow at a woman in a Roseville store just before Christmas and had been suspended.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 30 Sep. 2024
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Everyone began yelling at her to jump.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
She was accused of yelling racial slurs and throwing a pillow at a woman in a Roseville store just before Christmas and had been suspended.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yelling
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But most ominous of all, at least for me, are the howling winds.Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 9 July 2024
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Their capabilities range from merely howling threats, to throwing Molotov cocktails, to carrying out suicide operations or blowing up cars, to seizing control of territory—at least for a time.Nelly Lahoud, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2021
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Starlink beaming communications to spacecraft, and he's been vocal about humanity one day colonizing Mars.Michael Kan, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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The two stepped out at multiple events, and have since been very vocal about their feelings for one another.Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The need led to mostly universal – if often reluctant – support for the tax measure among city leaders, and outspoken support from fire and police departments.Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Related Articles Colorado 2024 election results: Who won, who lost and races still too close to call Live Denver election results Boebert, 37, an outspoken supporter of former President Donald Trump, barely defeated Democrat Adam Frisch for a second term in the 3rd District in 2022.Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Yelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yelling. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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