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SHOUTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a vehement outcry
Example:
his shouted words of encouragement could be heard over the crowd noises
Synonyms:
shouted; yelled
Classified under:
Similar:
loud (characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb shout
Context examples:
As Laurie turned the bend, he shouted back...
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
"He'll never stand the climate!" he shouted back.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
I dared not leave it, so shouted for the mate.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
"Come on!" he shouted to the others. "Be quick!"
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
"Here! here!" was shouted in return.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
When I had performed these wonders, they shouted for joy, and danced upon my breast, repeating several times as they did at first, Hekinah degul.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
I was in the midst of the astonished family, face to face with Mr. Peggotty, and holding out my hand to him, when Ham shouted: Mas'r Davy! It's Mas'r Davy!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The man shouted encouragement and threats, and threw all his weight on the hauling-rope.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
“You have heard of me, I see. I will represent the official police until their arrival. Here, you!” he shouted to a frightened groom, who had appeared at the edge of the glade.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“It’s a lie!” he shouted, “an infernal lie!”
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
