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was shouting

  • past progressive of shout.

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More precisely, it was Kingsley performing Slattery, sounding like he was shouting from another room.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

A few hundred yards down the road from where the woman was shouting at Landry, hundreds of officials, business leaders and decision makers were gathered in a conference center to discuss Greenland’s economic future.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

He was shouting and screaming at home and was refusing to go to the nursery, saying: "Vincent is angry."

From BBC Feb. 12, 2026

The man, between 25 to 30 years old, was shouting at a Waymo car on the 2300 block of Buchanan Street at 1 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2024

They weren’t sure who was shouting “Lieutenant” until they saw someone clinging to a tree branch that hung over the left bank of the river.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple