How to Use out loud in a Sentence

out loud

adverb
  • Read them out loud and see how the words feel in your mouth.
    Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Be sure to read the list out loud in front of a mirror.
    Ellevate, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
  • What a stupid thing to even think, much less say out loud.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Jane recites out loud this list of the things men want.
    Sara Paretsky, Washington Post, 14 June 2022
  • Joe Biden said the quiet part out loud and paid a price for it.
    Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 27 June 2021
  • And Pulley did what many do when the words are too tough to say out loud.
    The Indianapolis Star, 13 Jan. 2023
  • How many of us think this but are too afraid to say it out loud these days?
    Andy Kessler, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2021
  • The stamping has long since died down — at least out loud.
    Quanta Magazine, 26 June 2024
  • Her voice rang out loud and clear, with a hint of swagger.
    Richard Fausset, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2022
  • No need to say it out loud, just picture the number in your head.
    Jay Katsir, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Before a knife came out of the block, for crying out loud.
    Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Angie had to wear an earpiece on the set and sing it out loud.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2024
  • They are said out loud by the computer, in a man's voice.
    Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 11 June 2021
  • They are not voiced out loud, which means they are not resolved.
    Ilia Kiselevich, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Page asks tour guests to read some of their names out loud, and to pour out a bit of water with each name.
    Maya Eaglin, NBC News, 20 June 2022
  • The turn is that 25 years after Google Search first arrived, the name says the quiet part out loud.
    Mia Sato, The Verge, 26 Oct. 2023
  • That’s what the record says, even if bravado won’t allow it to be said out loud.
    Dom Amore, courant.com, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Speaking your thoughts out loud can take you far right now.
    Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Go into a room by yourself, shut the door and say no out loud ten times.
    Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2021
  • But saying that out loud, that's doubt and fear; that's not going to help you.
    Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2024
  • And Laura is learning the drill holes in it for crying out loud.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 27 May 2022
  • But Beane just made the mistake of saying the quiet part out loud.
    BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2021
  • Pride month may be over, but loving out loud is year-round.
    Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 13 July 2024
  • Talk out loud to yourself and capture it with a voice memo.
    Ashley Stahl, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Vintage boy-band spoof in which Kev says the quiet part out loud.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2021
  • And the fact that nobody’s talking about it out loud is a big mistake.
    Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2022
  • The first step is stating the obvious out loud: These are hard times.
    Lorna Borenstein, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
  • But even just saying that question out loud puts me to sleep.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 14 Feb. 2022
  • The new battery lasts longer and the speaker is a marked improvement, which is useful when deploying the phone as a mini stereo to play podcasts or videos out loud.
    Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Ammann expressed some concern, wondering out loud if real life and the movie could maybe differ mainly in terms of the public being informed and getting a vote on AI in the film.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2024

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