bellow
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The true artist must be the voice of opposition, of negativity, and should bellow “No! in thunder”—the phrase is Melville’s—to the easy affirmations of our complacent society.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Bush didn’t bellow it out at a campaign rally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2025
Then he gently squeezes a bellow, pouring smoke into the hives of honeybees in his garden.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2024
From the cricket’s chirp to the bullfrog’s bellow, you might think that nature is awash in music.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 14, 2024
And from the distance, as if it were answering, one of the cows mooed, a real bellow, long and loud.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
It’s 6 a.m., and he bellows for me.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
“Joyful bellows from the fans,” the Chicago Tribune reported the next morning, “drowned out the final horn.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
To learn how to restore his instrument, Rinaudo enlisted the help of a mechanic friend who taught him how to fix all the valves, gears, pipes and bellows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025
“TUPELO!” the crowd bellows back in anticipatory response.
From Salon ● May 13, 2025
The boy I’d seen in the last dream was stoking the bellows, except he was taller now, almost my age.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
Before every race the cycling legend appeared on the big screen and bellowed: "Hoi you lot! Shhhh."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
On Tuesday, she wrote that Cody had died peacefully surrounded by family and “was welcomed into heaven as thunder bellowed outside, and we laughed because we knew it was a band of angels rejoicing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
"Assemble!" someone bellowed in the prison corridor, cutting through the silence.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
“Purdue sucks!” he bellowed to thunderous applause, “So does Michigan and Ohio State!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
Mrs. Clarke bellowed, reaching for Edward Ashton’s upraised arm.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
The payoff, after Simpson would appear in some unlikely setting, was him bellowing “You’ve been juiced!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
While he said he hasn’t been among those bellowing that oil was headed to $200 a barrel, he didn’t sell any of his positions either.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
“Wuthering Heights” begins with a slowly intensifying squeaking noise, bellowing out over a blank black frame.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2026
But, it's also about arresting a run of two straight defeats for new Celtic manager Wilfried Nancy with the deafening din of fan unrest bellowing towards the club's board.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2025
Lying on the ground under the window bellowing He took one look at her and knew.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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