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How to use bawl in a sentence

25 example sentences · verb, noun

Bawl means to shout or utter in a loud and intense manner. Example: “A week after we kicked off her calf that cow was still bawling.”

Examples of bawl by meaning

verbTo shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.

  • He jumped upon the saddle with another yell as he pushed the machine before him, and the next instant was whirling down the thoroughfare with the rapidity of an express train, bawling for people to "Stand clear!"1900, T. Jenkins Hains, Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"
  • "I'm lord of this manor!" he bawled.1902, Robert W. Chambers, The Maid-at-Arms
  • "She didn't get there?" he bawled into her frightened face1930, Dashiell Hammet, The Maltese Falcon, New York, N.Y.; London: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC, page 140

More sentences with bawl

  • A week after we kicked off her calf that cow was still bawling.From the entry kick off
  • The teacher angrily bawled out my name.From the entry bawl out
  • After a mistake like that, there wasn't much to do besides bawl out the offender and clean up.From the entry bawl out
  • The baby screwed up his face and began to bawl.From the entry screw up
  • He bawled off at the disobedient children.From the entry bawl off
  • He got his pants bawled off by his boss.From the entry bawl off
  • Fiddlers and drummers played, boothmen bawled out their wares, animals for sale bleated or lowed or clucked.2010, Anna Kendall, Crossing Over. From the entry boothman
  • Hier, that people are reacting (in a contemptible way, certainly) against your self-righteous bawling?2003 August 16, vjmorton, “Not-so-brave heart”, in Rightwing Film Geek. From the entry self-righteous
  • 'Hold yew hard!' she bawled, spit coming out of her mouth.1986, Audrey Whiting, Gal Audrey, page 24. From the entry hold yew hard
  • Only Grump managed to bawl a frantic order to Herman. ‘Let us go, you mad maypole!1986, Derek Sampson, Grump Goes Galumphing, London: Methuen Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 65. From the entry let us go
  • I am sure he counts every bawling barearse babe as a prospective patient.1985, Robert E. Knoll, Intimate Fragments: An Irreverent Chronicle of Early Halifax, Nimbus Publishing Limited, published 1985, →ISBN…. From the entry barearse
  • “Cavor!” I bawled, and the sound was like some manikin shouting far away.1900 December – 1901 August, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “chapter 19”, in The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes, […], published…. From the entry manikin
  • But he kicks and bawls and will not take it.1955, Alice E. Goudey, Here Come the Elephants!, page 90. From the entry oozie
  • Nawnim yelped, heaved away, struck his head on the underneath of the bed, and rolled into view bawling.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter V, in Capricornia, page 64. From the entry underneath
  • But he never bawled and pranced and wallowed in mud and came home in the arms of shouting larrikins.1938, Xavier Herbert, “Psychological Effect of a Solar Topee”, in Capricornia […], New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton-Century…. From the entry larrikin
  • "Why, you dog-goned old fule, you cain't hit thet bawl."1914, Zane Grey, The Light of Western Stars. From the entry fule
  • A week before, while riding the prairies, Raidler had come upon a sick and weakling calf deserted and bawling.1903 February, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Hygeia at the Solito”, in Everybody’s Magazine, volume VIII, number 2, New…. From the entry bossy
  • My family were there to witness it all and there I was bawling out the commands, "Left Turn, Right Turn, and Halt!"2013, Billy Gilvear, Eric Gaudion, “Day of Pride”, in Storming Home: British Soldier, Bodyguard to the Stars, Boozer and Addict – Could…. From the entry left turn
  • It's a heartbreaker, as I was reminded just now when I went to get the chapter reference, reread it, and started bawling.2007, George Saunders, The Braindead Megaphone, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry heartbreaker
  • “Hold your confounded tongue!” he bawled.1971, George MacDonald Fraser, Flash for Freedom!, page 59. From the entry can't do right for doing wrong
  • "We beseech your Majesty—" said Glozelle, but Miraz had flung out of the tent and they could hear him bawling out his acceptance to Edmund.1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia. From the entry fling
  • And he's still shouting and bawling when the Police drag him away backwards up the terraces and make him stand in the damp shade and dripping rain.2011, Des Dillon, Return Of The Busby Babes, page 107. From the entry shout the odds

Meaning of bawl

  1. verb To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
  2. verb To wail; to give out a blaring cry.
  3. verb To weep profusely.

Full definition of bawl

Questions about bawl in a sentence

How do you use bawl in a sentence?
Bawl is used as a verb and noun. For example: “A week after we kicked off her calf that cow was still bawling.”
What is a short sentence with bawl?
““Hold your confounded tongue!” he bawled.”
What does bawl mean?
Bawl means to shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.

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