bell

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bell
Verb
  • Shoppers drag pushcarts through dozens of fruit and vegetable stalls as vendors shout prices on loop, in a rhythm.
    Lily Radziemski, New York Times, 29 May 2025
  • Passengers allegedly held onto the ride’s safety bars and shouted for help as many reported feeling dizzy, dehydrated, and increasingly panicked as the minutes turned into hours.
    Moná Thomas, People.com, 28 May 2025
Verb
  • Wolves are extremely social animals that howl to communicate and bond with their packs, but these wolves are alone in the world.
    Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the unmistakable sounds of a dog howling and barking echo loudly off-screen.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
Verb
  • Tammy is having an obvious emotional affair; Craig is A Lot, wailing and fixating the way Robinson does.
    Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 22 May 2025
  • And while all babies cry, traumatized babies cry a lot, and these babies wailed at the slightest provocation.
    Frances Dodds Samantha Desz Krish Seenivasan Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Verb
  • And then my dad and Karen got there, and my mom got out and yelled at them and just was very angry with my dad.
    Ruth Chenetz, CBS News, 31 May 2025
  • So much of his world was former jocks yelling at each other about LeBron or the Cowboys.
    Zak Keefer, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • Bruce is crate-trained, goes in willingly at bedtime and doesn’t bark or cry.
    Trish Stinger, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2025
  • Randall cries, rushing to discover Bernie collapsed on the floor in the next room.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 28 May 2025
Verb
  • Sirens blared, car horns honked and church bells pealed.
    Si Liberman, Sun Sentinel, 7 May 2025
  • After the funeral, St. Peter's great bells pealed in mourning.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Here's what to know about whooping cough amid the growing cases.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Early signs of whooping cough in adults look very much like a common cold, Dr. Loafman says.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Someone from the South Toe Fire Department hollers his name.
    Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 19 May 2025
  • At one station, a guard hollered something in French and all the remaining passengers jumped off the train and squeezed into the front carriage.
    Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
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“Bell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bell. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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