vociferation

Example Sentences

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He continued to roar with very great vociferation, making all the cone ring, and casting about his legs and arms, like one distracted.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 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

Walshingham had seemed to win at the beginning, but finally Chitterlow had made a magnificent display of vociferation and swept him out of existence.

From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The firing was continued till it was almost dark with eager zest, but much irregularity, and almost as great an expenditure of animal spirits in vociferation, as of powder and bullets.

From Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Forester, Thomas

Standing at the open door, he supported Arnold’s cause with singular warmth and vociferation.

From The Woodlands Orchids by Boyle, Frederick