yell
verb (used without object)
to cry out or speak with a strong, loud, clear sound; shout.
was yelling
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past progressiveof yell.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Rita remembered that the shorter man had stuffed them inside his coat while he was yelling for the money.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
“The whole time, I was yelling on Twitter about how he’s got to stop it: the AI videos are gonna hurt him, the Basura stuff, the zombie stuff. Like, stop it! Stop it!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
"I hit one putt I thought I heard my name, my caddie was yelling at me and I ran down."
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
There was yelling and booing and people crying, it was big and rousing, boring and absurd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
Ms. Morales asked Finn, her voice a little gentler than it had been when she was yelling at Natalie.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
