Example Sentences

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For months, protesters have been yelling from the audience, banging on benches, clanging cowbells and shining mirrors into the eyes of council members.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2023

Facing the White Sox’s Yermín Mercedes, Astudillo fell behind 3–0 in the count, then threw a 47-mile-per-hour eephus right over the plate that might as well have been yelling “hit me!” at Mercedes.

From Slate • May 19, 2021

I should not have been yelling in that room.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2018

At this point, everybody’s books have been yelling at one another for 30 years.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2017

I might have been yelling, but I’m not sure.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt