How to Use yell in a Sentence

yell

1 of 2 verb
Definition of yellnext
Synonyms for yellnext
  • The crowd was yelling wildly.
  • We saw people yelling for help.
  • I heard someone yelling my name.
  • The driver sat on the roof of the truck, yelling for help.
    — Chris Gloninger, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023
  • Each time the door opened, yelling came from the floor below.
    — Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
  • And [my parents] would yell at me to get off the games.
    — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Sep. 2023
  • My mom yelled at me to stop and told me the spray was poison.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • Martin, 56, who lives in Crenshaw, yelled from the front of the store.
    — Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Cure then falls face-up on the ground, and Aldridge can be heard yelling for Cure to stay down.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Thomas claimed the suspect then yelled a racial slur, per FOX 12.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
  • One of the bound people, a man, was yelling for help, police said.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Avoid yelling and screaming, and do not speak or act in anger.
    — Shaun Dreisbach, Parents, 23 Jan. 2024
  • To which the Fort Worth crowd happily yells right back.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2024
  • In one clip, the woman can be heard yelling from the ground for a commander.
    — Laura Studley, CNN, 4 July 2023
  • Someone can be heard in the background yelling the N-word.
    — Ali Gostanian, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Observers stared, laughed, yelled, and rushed to call the police, but the man ignored them.
    — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • In the footage, a flight attendant yelled at the woman to return to her seat.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Sosa emerged, started to yell at her, and took the knife from her, cutting her hand.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
  • Don’t do that and don’t yell at me with your sunglasses on.
    — Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Militants knocked on the door of the safe room, yelling at the family to open it or be shot.
    — Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Fins and skin, the coolest came out in the wind and the rain – booming, yelling, bursting, branding them that stayed home to the end as lame.
    — Riley Van Steward, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
  • He had been followed out of the subway by a group of strangers jeering at him and yelling slurs.
    — Jason Sarlanis, Variety, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The only thing that saved him and his family: A neighbor yelling from the street.
    — Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
  • His older brother, Momin Jan Shams, got on the phone and yelled and cursed and urged him to come back home.
    — USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The man appeared to have filmed the protest, and yelled ‘’Free Palestine’’ before collapsing to the ground.
    — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Everybody keeps yelling that this was some sort of deal that was too good.
    — CBS News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Azure works her way back and forth across the route, taking turns yelling the phrase out to her mom and hearing it back.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Check it out: As Kat yells, Christina goes to her happy place.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The cast got to yell the most surreal, mysterious profanities at each other, such as ‘’country whores’’, but as opposed to what ?
    — Maëlle Beauget-Uhl, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • But before cutting things short, Burr managed to get a final zinger in at the expense of a woman yelling inarticulately from the balcony (seemingly in support).
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024
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yell

2 of 2 noun
  • And at the end of the chorus, that whole primal sing-yell thing came out.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Some inmates would bang on the walls and yell for hours on end.
    — Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
  • The game was tied at 1, and Odor let out a fist pump and a yell toward his dugout.
    — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 25 Sep. 2022
  • The 7-foot 1 freshman tipped the ball in with two hands, turned, clenched his fists and let out a yell.
    — Doug Haller, azcentral, 9 Mar. 2018
  • So, If anyone knows that city and that state, give a yell.
    — Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Onto the television comes Pacino again with the beard and the crown and the horse and the yell.
    — Jimmy Breslin, Esquire, 20 Mar. 2017
  • Thompson isn’t prone to get in a teammate’s face and yell at them.
    — oregonlive, 18 Mar. 2021
  • When Tiafoe sent a forehand wide to end it, Zverev let out two big yells.
    — Howard Fendrich, Baltimore Sun, 3 June 2023
  • When women cry out in pain, the nurses yell and beat them.
    — Abby Haglage, Glamour, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Mia Manganello crossed the finish line, glanced at the videoboard and let out a yell.
    — Beth Harris, chicagotribune.com, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Pillar homered over the Monster in the fourth, letting out a brief yell after the crack of the bat.
    — Ken Powtak, Star Tribune, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Officers heard a man’s voice yell to the dog to be quiet.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2019
  • Body-camera footage shows a deputy yell for the car’s occupants to step out.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2021
  • The Lakers center then let out a primal yell, flexed and mean-mugged.
    — Broderick Turner Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2021
  • That’s when Lindquist started to ‘‘yell and freak out,’’ Correa said.
    — Meagan Flynn, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2018
  • The position that allows thugs to get in your face and yell, curse and degrade you.
    — Jonathan Bullington, The Courier-Journal, 22 Sep. 2020
  • With two lines of drummers and singers at the back, dancers would step forward to jump and wave and yell to express their joy.
    — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Arenado took a hop step after crossing the plate, let out a yell and punched the air.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2021
  • The standing-room only crowd followed in kind with their own yells.
    — Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2017
  • Bauer let out a yell to celebrate the out as Barnhart, the catcher, pumped his fist.
    — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 16 Sep. 2019
  • At first, the sound was discordant, a mixture of yells and whistles and the general chaos of the crowd.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2019
  • The entire dugout mirrors the symbol, as well, while letting out a loud yell.
    — Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2018
  • Grab your favorite dessert and yell at the television with the whole fam in this ugly (read: adorable) sweater.
    — Rachel Bogo, Seventeen, 16 Nov. 2022
  • When the victim with the keys appears to struggle opening the door, the suspects throw punches and yell curse words.
    — Fox News, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Aquino let out a yell after connecting on a 93-mph fastball at the top of the strike zone for his first homer of the season.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Wave your arms in the air and yell at the coyote — throw things such as sticks toward them — without hitting them, of course!
    — Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Ashcraft pumped his fist and let out a yell in celebration.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 3 May 2023
  • After one of his first stops, Flowe slapped the turf, jumped to his feet and arched his back with a yell of jubilation.
    — oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2021
  • Her third one, bounced on the front of the rim, tipped to backboard and fell in to put Arizona ahead 56-44 as McDonald clenched both fists and gave a yell.
    — Jim Vertuno, Star Tribune, 27 Mar. 2021
  • The yell leaders, elected by the Aggies’ student body, lead the band and fans in what amounts to a late-night pep rally at Kyle Field.
    — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023

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