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
For TV producers, it's long been tempting to invite two self-righteous zealots into a studio to bellow at each other.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
The winds stoking the wildfires are forecast to pick up once more and bellow for more than a day’s length.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
Then he gently squeezes a bellow, pouring smoke into the hives of honeybees in his garden.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2024
Haie and Tjaden burst into a regular peat-digger’s bellow.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
He just stops, and bellows out the word that means most to him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
It’s 6 a.m., and he bellows for me.
From Slate ● May 10, 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
A red deer stag bellows during the autumn rut at Bradgate Park, as captured by Miss Smart from a safe distance.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
Mara examined the kiln and placed the nozzle of a bellows into the back.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Including the fellow whose name was being bellowed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
"Assemble!" someone bellowed in the prison corridor, cutting through the silence.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
Mamdani bellowed on the oversized television screens hung throughout the Greyhound Bar & Grill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2025
“The handcuffs that you’re carrying, they’re not on you anymore. They’re on the criminals,” Miller bellowed as he stood in an East Memphis warehouse, flanked by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and U.S.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2025
The king roared his roar and the others bellowed; the splashing sprayed higher and the boat rocked wildly, and was slowly, ferociously, pushed out to sea.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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
That voice carried across Howard Jones Field early Wednesday morning, bellowing above the din of a Drake song at the start of USC’s first preseason practice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2025
Horns were blown and trumpets were braying, and the mûmakil were bellowing as they were goaded to war.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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