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yell

[yel] / jɛl /




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“The only consequence is that people might yell at me online.”

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

So there are different ways to fight, and here’s what I’d say to a lot of people: If somebody’s yelling, and you yell back, then nobody can hear a thing.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

“You can get away with everything that you’re angry about and want to yell about. If you make them laugh first, people tend to listen.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

I did say in casting, I was like, “Can we cast some guys that are like my size that I could yell at that so people feel like it’s a good, fair fight?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Marco gave a yell and followed after them while Zheng struggled with the cook.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

“I think you guys all know my nickname is Juice. I have Juice on my pads. The stadium yells ‘Juice!’ when I catch the ball.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

She feigns outrage loudly, according to people who like her, and yells maniacally, according to people who don’t.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

“Keep your jaw open,” someone yells, “it helps.”

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

Boos against opponents and bad referee and yells at your side to do better was the Spirit moving you to testify.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Charlie yells, and the lady loading her clothes into a dryer near us looks over with a frown.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist

He tilted his face to the sky and yelled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

“I think we traded up!” she yelled to howls and horns thrown in the audience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

But now, I seriously doubted anyone was going to hand me a bronze statue for the way I yelled at my kids for not finishing their chicken nuggets.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

As they yelled to their colleague about a marketing presentation, a man at a nearby bench checked in with his girlfriend—also on speakerphone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

I yelled, and I crossed my arms and shook my head back and forth with my eyes closed, my pigtails snapping in the air like whips.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

“Even when everyone is yelling at me, people will hear what I’m saying.”

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

“Gold!” he kept yelling, “Gold from the American River!”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Instead, keep a safe distance, back away slowly, and let the bear know you are there by making yourself look bigger and yelling or clapping.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch told CBS that Garcés Perez called his wife while "yelling in pain" in hospital.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

In the storm, in the pushing and yelling and driving, I had passed the point where they would accept me, run for me, pull for me, and they told me there in that gully.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen


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