How to Use out loud in a Sentence

out loud

adverb
  • The place has its own walk of fame, for cryin' out loud.
    — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Read them out loud and see how the words feel in your mouth.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Be sure to read the list out loud in front of a mirror.
    — Ellevate, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
  • What a stupid thing to even think, much less say out loud.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Or maybe that was just me, out loud, at 3:30 a.m. in a dark house.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2020
  • Jane recites out loud this list of the things men want.
    — Sara Paretsky, Washington Post, 14 June 2022
  • Joe Biden said the quiet part out loud and paid a price for it.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 27 June 2021
  • Part of the beauty of a kokoshnik tiara is just saying the name out loud.
    — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 13 Aug. 2019
  • And Pulley did what many do when the words are too tough to say out loud.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 13 Jan. 2023
  • But we were banned from even saying the 'd' word out loud.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2019
  • How many of us think this but are too afraid to say it out loud these days?
    — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2021
  • The stamping has long since died down — at least out loud.
    — Quanta Magazine, 26 June 2024
  • Sing out loud, if the spirit moves, and dance if your feet will lead.
    — John Archibald | [email protected], al, 8 Mar. 2020
  • Her voice rang out loud and clear, with a hint of swagger.
    — Richard Fausset, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2022
  • No need to say it out loud, just picture the number in your head.
    — Jay Katsir, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Before a knife came out of the block, for crying out loud.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The pack of more than a dozen reporters in the room did not react out loud to the comment.
    — Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 1 Nov. 2019
  • My hope is to give my kids the confidence to dream out loud.
    — Kristina Kuzmič, Good Housekeeping, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Angie had to wear an earpiece on the set and sing it out loud.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2024
  • They are said out loud by the computer, in a man's voice.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 11 June 2021
  • One day, the teacher asked Davis to read one of his poems out loud.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2020
  • This is the logic that Shari Redstone doesn’t want to say out loud.
    — Eric Johnson, Recode, 23 Aug. 2018
  • Or laugh out loud at the memes that amplified and called them out?
    — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2018
  • They are not voiced out loud, which means they are not resolved.
    — Ilia Kiselevich, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Page asks tour guests to read some of their names out loud, and to pour out a bit of water with each name.
    — Maya Eaglin, NBC News, 20 June 2022
  • The turn is that 25 years after Google Search first arrived, the name says the quiet part out loud.
    — Mia Sato, The Verge, 26 Oct. 2023
  • That’s what the record says, even if bravado won’t allow it to be said out loud.
    — Dom Amore, courant.com, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Speaking your thoughts out loud can take you far right now.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Over the course of the next eight hours, Gatz’s Nick reads the whole of Great Gatsby out loud, as his office brings the story to life around him.
    — Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Mar. 2025
  • And the crowd went wild – yup, dancing in the aisles and singin’ out loud, clapping and cheering, even high-fiving the singers.
    — Anita Gosch, Orange County Register, 9 Mar. 2025

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