Example Sentences

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As for that yeller tux, well, I can only hope Chalamet has hired someone for the express purpose of keeping any red wine drinkers as far away from him as possible.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2025

It’s never too late to tell a yeller to take her stuff somewhere else.

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2023

“He’s not a yeller; he’s not a screamer. He’s very deliberate and very direct. He’s not a guy that’s going to over talk you,” Brogdon said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2022

Alas, Gessen finds, “I turned out to be more of a yeller in Russian than I was in English.”

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2022

And the big yeller dog that had caused all the trouble got off scot free.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson