raise one's voice

Idioms  

1. Talk louder, either to be heard more clearly or in anger, as in You'll have to raise your voice if you expect the audience to hear you, or Don't you raise your voice at me! [Late 1300s]

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Example Sentences

To raise one's voice in protest, just as the protest is expressed in life, in the streets, in relationships and friendships," she said. "

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2017

I suppose it is scarcely worth while confessing that I have never made a public speech before and have no idea how much one should raise one's voice.

From The Ranch Girls and Their Heart's Desire by Vandercook, Margaret

Of what avail was it, I reflected, to raise one's voice in the wilderness of theories?

From An Anarchist Woman by Hapgood, Hutchins

Luckily, again, there was no necessity to raise one's voice.

From The Shadow Line; a confession by Conrad, Joseph

With such a noise in the streets it was necessary to raise one's voice in order to be heard.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 by Various