Yell is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like cry or shout. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Yell in a sentence
Related words
Yell meaning
- To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.
- To convey by shouting.
- To tell someone off, to scold or rebuke, typically in a loud and angry manner.
Synonyms of Yell
Using Yell
- The main meaning on this page is: To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement. | To convey by shouting. | To tell someone off, to scold or rebuke, typically in a loud and angry manner.
- Useful related words include: cry, shout, scream, vocalization.
- In the example corpus, yell often appears in combinations such as: yell at, to yell, and yell.
Context around Yell
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Yell
- In this selection, "yell" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lester, people, don, words and commands stand out and add context to how "yell" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ball and yell commands for and dad to yell at her. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "yell" sits close to words such as announcer, aubameyang and californians, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with yell
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I do yell, but I don’t yell a lot. (10 words)
But probably shouldn’t yell this when cameras are around. (10 words)
Now I'm on her daily "People to yell at" list. (11 words)
El Dorado shortstop AJ Frausto, left, lets out a yell after tagging out Villa Park’s Justin Tims in a Crestview League baseball game in San Juan Capistrano on Thursday, March 23, 2023. (33 words)
Over the past year, some folks have flocked to community meetings to yell “send them back” when the city proposes housing migrants in a shuttered school in Woodlawn or a hotel in Kenwood. (33 words)
McKenzie, of Brown Street, Tyldesley, would also yell vile statements at her, such as saying he wishes she wasn’t born, wishes she died, and that she would never leave him. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Well, my husband didn’t yell at anyone, including he doesn’t even yell at the squirrels that eat all our birdseed.
I do yell, but I don’t yell a lot.
Sure, I told Stefan to “yell at Dad,” but if I were really controlling him, I would also have told him what to yell.
But afterward, as Yarl got up to run, he heard Lester yell “don’t come around here”, the statement said.
But probably shouldn’t yell this when cameras are around.
Dugas said some people yell words of admiration out to her in those instances.
Each team gave its yell and then the players took their positions and the game began.
El Dorado shortstop AJ Frausto, left, lets out a yell after tagging out Villa Park’s Justin Tims in a Crestview League baseball game in San Juan Capistrano on Thursday, March 23, 2023.
Have your players line up in front of you with a ball and yell commands for them to perform.
He kept opening his window to show officers his phone, to yell at officers and to direct laser pointers at them, according to the affidavit.
In their initial dialogue after reviving them, they'll yell at Tav for their misplaced violence.
Just then the host comes from out of the kitchen and starts to yell my name.
McKenzie, of Brown Street, Tyldesley, would also yell vile statements at her, such as saying he wishes she wasn’t born, wishes she died, and that she would never leave him.
My mom has to yell at him to throw clothes away when they’re full of holes.
Now I'm on her daily "People to yell at" list.
Over the past year, some folks have flocked to community meetings to yell “send them back” when the city proposes housing migrants in a shuttered school in Woodlawn or a hotel in Kenwood.
Priest said that he would speak with Finn again for Ripley, as long as she doesn’t yell at him again.
She said she was afraid to tell me sooner because she didn’t want her dad to yell at her.
She’s not one to yell or laugh uproariously, which has led some people — especially men — to label her as unemotional.
Some GMs you’re around, if you see the GM, he’s negative — he’s looking for someone to yell at.
Common combinations with yell
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- yell at 66×
- to yell 56×
- and yell 24×
- yell and 11×
- would yell 6×
- can yell 6×
- yell out 5×
- yell in 4×
- yell it 4×
- people yell 3×