bellowed; bellowing; bellows
1
: to make the loud deep hollow sound characteristic of a bull
2
: to shout in a deep voice
: bawl
bellows the orders
bellow
noun
Examples of bellow in a Sentence
He bellowed at her to come over at once.
He was bellowing into the phone, giving orders to one of his employees.
The sergeant was bellowing orders.
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Those plans, however, were tossed aside during the early stages of the Bolivarian Socialist Revolution and years of mismanagement and corruption caused production to fall bellow the level of one million barrels per day.
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Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
He’s hauled out of bed to go hunting with his hard-ass, militaristic father Grady (Sam Jaeger), whose bellowing about trying to keep his son safe is almost as frightening as the growling beast that appears to be stalking them.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
Cannons bellowed, throwing shots and gusts of dense smoke across battlefields at Pea Ridge, West-Helena, and Prairie Grove.
—Curtis Varnell, arkansasonline.com, 22 Sep. 2024
The winds stoking the wildfires are forecast to pick up once more and bellow for more than a day’s length.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
He’s hauled out of bed to go hunting with his hard-ass, militaristic father Grady (Sam Jaeger), whose bellowing about trying to keep his son safe is almost as frightening as the growling beast that appears to be stalking them.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
Cannons bellowed, throwing shots and gusts of dense smoke across battlefields at Pea Ridge, West-Helena, and Prairie Grove.
—Curtis Varnell, arkansasonline.com, 22 Sep. 2024
The winds stoking the wildfires are forecast to pick up once more and bellow for more than a day’s length.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Bellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bellow. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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