bawl
verb (used without object)
to cry or wail lustily.
bawler
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a word derived from
bawl.
Example Sentences
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Jepson is an active, thoughtful coach, not a bawler and bellower.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2020
The Liverpool midfielder is no bawler, and he can leave the shouting to a former captain, John Terry, at the heart of the defence or, if selected, the 39-year-old goalkeeper David James.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2010
I was a bawler, screaming in fear at all the appropriate moments, which delighted them.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
We are the only ones whom Cleon, the great bawler, does not badger.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 by Aristophanes
Does nature, even in my octogenarian carcase, run too strong that I must be still a bawler and a brawler and a treader upon corns?
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
