vociferation
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vociferation
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin vōciferātiōn- (stem of vōciferātiō ), equivalent to vōciferāt ( us ) ( see vociferate) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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Captain Stuart's calm, full voice struck the vibrating air at least an octave lower than the keen, high vociferation of the Cherokee.
From The Story of Old Fort Loudon by Murfree, Mary Noailles
"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
With assumed ferocity but real vociferation Buck uttered a shout and watched the effect.
From Hopalong Cassidy by Mulford, Clarence E.
The quiet and the steady going here, amid the German vociferation, is of itself an enormous—I was going to say pleasure.
From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by James, Henry
The rest of the crew sprang from the grass, and followed the example set them by their comrade, roaring out the pledge until the woods rang with their vociferation.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton
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