vociferation

Example Sentences

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His trick to claim attention was remarkable, as he generally contrived to startle passengers with his last vociferation.

From The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times by Smith, John Thomas

At last, after an hour and a half of laborious vociferation, I managed to get the pyramid done and Cheops put into it.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 by Various

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 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

Mr. Brazen seem'd surpris'd at the thought of relinquishing America, and bawl'd out with the vociferation of an old miser that had been robb'd—Relinquish America! relinquish America! forbid it heavens!

From The Fall of British Tyranny American Liberty Triumphant by Moses, Montrose Jonas