bawl
verb (used without object)
to cry or wail lustily.
have bawled
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present perfectof bawl.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Prime Minister Churchill was said to have bawled out his Aircraft Minister, but last week the Prime Minister defended Moore-Brabazon in Parliament.
From Time Magazine Archive
It occurred to him that had a director 297 stood by while he himself had knelt behind a table he would have bawled out many amendments which fact had overlooked.
From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Hugh Lundsford
Old Soominitik himself would have bawled lustily in the circumstances.
From Nomads of the North A Story of Romance and Adventure under the Open Stars by James Oliver Curwood
They might have bawled their eyes out and he would have calmly walked away.
From Sunlight Patch by Credo Fitch Harris
