How to Use yell in a Sentence

yell

1 of 2 verb
  • The crowd was yelling wildly.
  • We saw people yelling for help.
  • I heard someone yelling my name.
  • Love gets up and can be heard yelling.
    — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
  • Grayson drew his sidearm and yelled at her to drop the pan.
    — John O’Connor, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
  • A lot of yelling and screaming.
    — Brian Unger, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • Salvary is heard yelling in the video.
    — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
  • His neighbor yelled that the yard was on fire.
    — ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Just try to enjoy it and don’t yell at me.
    — Ali Lerman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
  • His tone was sharp, almost yelling.
    — Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Brad starts yelling at the cheesehead guy again.
    — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026
  • Gryffin yelled to the crowd, the video shows.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2025
  • If you are caught in a rip current, yell for help.
    — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 9 June 2026
  • The group can be heard praying while the man yells.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Those who yelled were drowned out by the chanting and singing.
    — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Each time the door opened, yelling came from the floor below.
    — Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Avoid yelling and screaming, and do not speak or act in anger.
    — Shaun Dreisbach, Parents, 29 June 2023
  • My mom yelled at me to stop and told me the spray was poison.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • Bryan yells in the video shared by Adcock.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Now Moses was jumping and yelling.
    — Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Adonis yells as Gillis begs him to pull over.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 15 May 2026
  • The rate of yelling consumers is at a historic high.
    — Dave Lieber jan. 8, Dallas Morning News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • If your boss yells at you for five minutes, that’s just $5 gone.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Rob yelled into the wind that his toes were growing numb.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
  • People started yelling at me in the street.
    — Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026
  • He could be heard yelling on the recording, ‘Shot to face!
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
  • He can be heard yelling for help while he is being restrained.
    — Louisa Moller, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Doncic yelled at the crowd and ran down court shaking his head.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Everybody yells at me all the time.
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
  • People can be heard yelling in the background.
    — Louis Casiano , Stepheny Price , Brooke Taylor , Jasmine Baehr , Brie Stimson , Kelsie Cairns , Reagan Schroeder, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026

yell

2 of 2 noun
  • There were yells of bro and dude.
    — Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
  • Some inmates would bang on the walls and yell for hours on end.
    — Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
  • The dinner was noisy, the air filled with the men’s yells for more food.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Thompson isn’t prone to get in a teammate’s face and yell at them.
    — oregonlive, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Miloti said, ending her speech with a triumphant yell.
    — Saba Hamedy, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025
  • And at the end of the chorus, that whole primal sing-yell thing came out.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 18 Sep. 2022
  • One of them, fist raised to the sky, let out a long yell, the hoarse shout of a gold panner.
    — Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The standing-room only crowd followed in kind with their own yells.
    — Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2017
  • Body-camera footage shows a deputy yell for the car’s occupants to step out.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2021
  • When Tiafoe sent a forehand wide to end it, Zverev let out two big yells.
    — Howard Fendrich, Baltimore Sun, 3 June 2023
  • 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
  • Kobe after scoring, mouth open in a primal yell while pulling at his own collar.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The position that allows thugs to get in your face and yell, curse and degrade you.
    — Jonathan Bullington, The Courier-Journal, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Her rough vocal take is filled with hurt; Williams strains her voice as each word turns into a yell.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The Lakers center then let out a primal yell, flexed and mean-mugged.
    — Broderick Turner Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The entire dugout mirrors the symbol, as well, while letting out a loud yell.
    — Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2018
  • Maybe that overhyped players-only meeting last week was full of yells and screams.
    — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • When the yells stopped, Shane pulled over by a deserted area overrun with weeds.
    — John J. Lennon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Thorin, meanwhile, remained on his front porch and continued to wave his arms and yell.
    — Geoff Bruce, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 June 2019
  • Mia Manganello crossed the finish line, glanced at the videoboard and let out a yell.
    — Beth Harris, chicagotribune.com, 21 Feb. 2018
  • That’s when Lindquist started to ‘‘yell and freak out,’’ Correa said.
    — Meagan Flynn, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2018
  • Unlike wolves or dogs, foxes do not howl or bark when greeting, but instead call out in a sharp yell.
    — Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press, 18 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • Screams and yells can be heard in the background while big groups of people begin to file out of the park quickly.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Leach heard an officer yell at Allen to drop his weapon and then saw an officer shoot him.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2021
  • And those yells are led by Yell Leaders—not cheerleaders.
    — Kristen Tribe, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Bauer let out a yell to celebrate the out as Barnhart, the catcher, pumped his fist.
    — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 16 Sep. 2019
  • In the clip, people waiting on the platform yell with joy as the officer hands the dog over to his team.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • 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

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