vociferate
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These bronze rowdies whoop and vociferate on all sides.
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At present it is common to vociferate concerning faith, and yet one cannot understand what faith is, unless repentance is preached.
From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by F. (Friedrich) Bente
While he could vociferate that sound, he had rights as an Englishman, and would not sleep in a gutter, like a dog!
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 by Charles Mackay
He replied audibly enough, in a fashion which made my companion vociferate, more clamorously than before, that a wide distinction might be drawn between saints like himself and sinners like his master.
From Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Several, when they saw us, came forward, and began to shake their spears and vociferate loudly.
From In the Wilds of Africa by Alfred Pearse
The story you have told," Senator Norris vociferated, "is a falsehood.
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Last week Asquithians and Georgians vociferated over an issue of molehill stature which they erected into a Liberal mountain.
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Now another bellower cupped his hands, vociferated: "Long cheer for Pound!"
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"My lard, my lard!" vociferated a peasant witness, writhing under this mental excruciation, "I can't answer yon little gentleman, he's putting me in such a doldrum."
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various
"Of course you will, Betsey Jane!" vociferated the doctor, affecting a vast jocularity for the purpose of concealing his feelings, which threatened to become unmanageable.
From And So They Were Married by Florence Morse Kingsley
Not until last week did George Moore know the crude, earthy, tangible joy of having written a play which London proceeded to applaud, not merely from the lordly stalls but from the common, vociferating gallery.
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Next moment, and, without even staying to make reply to the communication which the messenger had made, he rushed on towards the gate of the courtyard, loudly vociferating, “To horse—every man to horse!”
From The White Gauntlet by Mayne Reid
The offended prisoners thronged around her, vociferating their disapprobation, forgetting, or remembering but as a fresh cause of offence, the ascendency she had until the present moment exercised over them.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 by Eugène Sue
At all events, he satisfied his wounded patriotism by once more turning to the clique of his comrades, tossing his glass on high, and once more vociferating “Vive l’Empereur!”
From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid
Hundreds were vociferating orders and advice, which few could hear, and none attended to.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 by Various
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Wuthering Heights
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"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte, Chapters 6–9
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