vociferation

Example Sentences

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The whole town is a scene of vociferation, disputation, and fighting. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Huc, Évariste Régis

In a short time a vociferation arose for fluid, and the half-and-half—Whitbread quartered upon Chamyton—beautiful heraldry!—was inhaled with the most savage satisfaction.

From Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 by Various

"A—a—Miss Katey, take the bushblunder out ov his hand 'fore he blows my brains out," and the shrieks were renewed with more vociferation than before.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various

They have long shown a most observable preference for those meetings, by whomsoever conducted, where there is most noise and vociferation, most to strike on the senses, and least to afford instruction.

From Thoughts on the Religious Instruction of the Negroes of this Country by Plumer, William Swan

As we neared the beach, two oomiaks, full of women, arrived, and the "teymas" and vociferation were redoubled.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John