shouting match
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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A vote over whether to work during lunch devolved into a shouting match.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Most social media platforms had yet to be fully algorithmized, making the process of logging on still feel like a conversation with distant friends and not a shouting match with billions of people.
From Salon • Nov. 7, 2025
It became a three-way shouting match, the visit was cut short, and the minerals deal didn’t get signed.
From Slate • Mar. 1, 2025
It was difficult to hear Schiff’s comments over a shouting match between the protesters and Schiff supporters who were chanting his name.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2024
Behind me, where the casino boat was moored, a shouting match had erupted.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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