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How to use yell in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun, adjective

Yell means to shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement. Example: “He yelled directions to the party from the car.”

Examples of yell by meaning

verbTo convey by shouting.

  • He yelled directions to the party from the car.

verbTo tell someone off, to scold or rebuke, typically in a loud and angry manner.

  • If I come home late again, my dad is gonna yell at me.
  • They sent another email yelling at us to get our reports in on time. (or) They sent another email yelling about how we had to get our reports in on time.
  • Nobody likes to receive an email yelling 'ASAP' right in the subject line.2020 August 12, Nils van Dam, Dado Van Peteghem, Metasystems: How trust can change the world, Die Keure Publishing, →ISBN

More sentences with yell

  • I don't think he is a nice person, because he yells at people for no reason.From the entry because
  • Listen, the only reason I yelled at you was because I was upset, OK?From the entry listen
  • When I yell "OK," give the mooring line a good jerk!From the entry jerk
  • She desperately yelled at her young daughter, frantic to make her realize what she had done.From the entry realize
  • A newsboy passed by, yelling, "Extra! Extra! Read all about it!"From the entry newsboy
  • A newsgirl passed by, yelling, "Extra! Extra! Read all about it!"From the entry newsgirl
  • She had the outdaciousness to yell my name across the room.From the entry outdaciousness
  • Then Spooge yelled, "LAGNAF!" just as we were walking by the girl's locker room!From the entry LAGNAF
  • He mozzed me by yelling "chewie on ya boot" as I was about to kick the ball!From the entry mozz
  • He yelled to Steve "Go long!" just as the ball was snapped.From the entry go long
  • One of my copatients in the psychiatric hospital kept me awake with his muttering and yelling.From the entry copatient
  • The director yelled ‘Action!’ after the cameras started rolling.From the entry action
  • The cutpurse tried to knock her satchel from her hands, but she avoided his thrust and yelled, "Thief!"From the entry thrust
  • When the three friends heard someone behind them yell, "police, freeze!" they each rabbited in a different direction.From the entry rabbit
  • Upon hearing residents in the burning house, the passerby kicked in the front door and yelled to those inside.From the entry kick in
  • "Mush!" he yelled at the dogs pulling the sled.From the entry sled
  • Ivan is yelling curses at his friends.From the entry ivan
  • He starts yelling and we come running to help, but a fat load of thanks we get and all!From the entry and all
  • Mother yelled at my brothers for tromping through her flowerbed.From the entry tromp
  • There you go, yelling again. Will you shut up?From the entry there you go
  • "Woo hoo!" yelled Sue and David. "It's the weekend!"From the entry woo hoo
  • You need to simmer down and stop yelling at me.From the entry simmer down
  • Don't confound the situation by yelling.From the entry confound
  • When the accounting department's barbershop quartet was warming up, the sales team was ribbing them, yelling, "Don't give up your day job!"From the entry don't give up your day job
  • Now please excuse me while I go yell at a cloud.2026 January 23, Keith Law, “Rangers pay big price for MacKenzie Gore, sending first-rounder Gavin Fien to Nats”, in The Athletic, New…. From the entry yell at a cloud
  • But the firebug allegedly ran back inside yelling before he finally took off.2024 August 9, Gabriella Bass, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon and Joe Marino, “Firebug accused of torching NYC building, injuring 9 is freed without…. From the entry firebug
  • This may, in part, have transformed him into something resembling an old man yelling at clouds.2023, Matt Colquhoun, Narcissus in Bloom: An Alternative History of the Selfie, London: Repeater Books, →ISBN. From the entry old man yelling at clouds
  • Yes, I’m veering closely into “old man yells at clouds” territory, though that’s the point.2023 April 12, Matthew Byrd, “Resident Evil 4’s Microtransactions Ruin One of the Remake’s Best Features”, in Den of Geek, archived from…. From the entry old man yells at clouds
  • “To get people to care about this is like old man yelling at clouds.2022 February 5, Travis M. Andrews, “X marks the Spotify”, in Regina Leader-Post, page B8. From the entry old man yelling at clouds
  • Herndandez gave off “old man yelling at cloud” vibes with his tone-deaf assertion.2022 August 11, Marcus Hayes, “Yo, Keith: Seen the Phillies lately?”, in Philadelphia Inquirer, 194th year, number 72, page C2, column 2. From the entry old man yelling at cloud
  • I fully realize that I am an old man yelling at the clouds.2022 September 18, Daniel Neman, “The many drawbacks of online shopping, awkward fits included”, in Sunday Post-Dispatch, volume 144…. From the entry old man yelling at the clouds
  • Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go yell at a cloud.2022 October 14, Grant Brisbee, “MLB Playoffs rewind: Yordan Alvarez strikes again as Astros take 2-0 series lead”, in The Athletic, New…. From the entry yell at a cloud
  • Yelling at them in public for not getting the shot is the cheugiest of all.2021 June 4, “What Does Cheugy Style Really Mean?”, in Vogue, retrieved 28 Dec 2021. From the entry cheugiest
  • "Because you're only in here because I yelled at you, headass!" he shouted back.2021, Mariah L. Stevens, Starlight on the Snow (The Apricity Series; Book One), →ISBN, page 115. From the entry headass
  • And the second-string boy said, bro you were yelling about her all night.2020, Hannah Capin, Foul Is Fair, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN. From the entry tru
  • He says as much on Twitter, frequently yelling “SILENT MAJORITY” at his followers.2020 July 24, Jamelle Bouie, “There Is a ‘Great Silent Majority.’ But It Stands Against Trump.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry silent majority

Meaning of yell

  1. verb To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.
  2. verb To convey by shouting.
  3. verb To tell someone off, to scold or rebuke, typically in a loud and angry manner.

Full definition of yell

Questions about yell in a sentence

How do you use yell in a sentence?
Yell is used as a verb, noun and adjective. For example: “He yelled directions to the party from the car.”
What is a short sentence with yell?
“Don't confound the situation by yelling.”
What does yell mean?
Yell means to shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yell (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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