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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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Taylor Luck Yet causing unease are the nominations by Mr. Trump of several prospective Cabinet members or other key officials who are vocal or financial supporters of Israeli settler groups that are violently driving Palestinian families off their lands.Fatima AbdulKarim, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2024
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Peter Dinklage’s vocal performance of Dr. Dillamoad, the all-wise goat, is superb.Pete Hammond, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
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And [Israel] also tried to silence the outspoken voices of what remains from the U.N.Karl Vick, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
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Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors The late Michael Jackson was outspoken about sexuality and often caused controversy with his provocative dance moves.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Yelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yelling. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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