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YELLED
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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 yell
Context examples:
But when he had made away with these two, and was about to sit down again by his fire, out from every hole and corner came black cats and black dogs with red-hot chains, and more and more of them came until he could no longer move, and they yelled horribly, and got on his fire, pulled it to pieces, and tried to put it out.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
“The paper! Of course!” yelled Holmes, in a paroxysm of excitement.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Hurrah for the old one!” yelled the mob, and my uncle laughed and nudged Sir John Lade.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“You see it, Watson?” he yelled.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Screaming and howling, the great creatures rushed away in all directions through the brushwood, while our allies yelled in their savage delight, following swiftly after their flying enemies.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Where did you get that dog-cart? Pull up, man!” he yelled, drawing a pistol from his side pocket.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Hola!” yelled Aylward, leaping suddenly into the air with waving hands and joyous face.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Get the pepper-box open!” yelled Mendoza, and Wilson sprang in to carry out his instructions, but was hit out again by a heavy drive on the chest.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I rushed towards it and pulled at the handle, but it was quite secure, and did not give in the least to my kicks and shoves. ‘Hullo!’ I yelled. ‘Hullo! Colonel! Let me out!’
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“See him!” yelled Peter.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
