yell
verb (used without object)
to cry out or speak with a strong, loud, clear sound; shout.
yelling
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present participleof yell.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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For example, there’s a scene in “Indecent Proposal,” where Demi Moore is having a fight with Woody Harrelson and I was having something similar with my wife, just screaming and yelling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
She has received notifications of movement from the camera at her front door, and said she has seen some “suspicious” people on her three Ring cameras, even yelling at them through her phone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
“For Warsh, yelling about it but not hiking because inflation is coming down is the best of all worlds,” said Guy LeBas, chief fixed-income strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
Boyer acknowledged yelling at Fain about the decision, because Fain claimed—falsely, Boyer said—that monitor Barofsky wouldn’t allow the hire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
I laid him belly-down over my forearm and rocked him, and he went from yelling to whimpering, and next thing he was asleep.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
