vociferation

Example Sentences

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His trick to claim attention was remarkable, as he generally contrived to startle passengers with his last vociferation.

From The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times by Smith, John Thomas

Those who wish to make themselves understood by a foreigner in his own language should speak with much noise and vociferation, opening their mouths wide. 

From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

His courtiers and viziers exerted their efforts to soothe his extravagance; but, finding every expedient ineffectual, they all united in one vociferation, “The caliph is gone mad! the caliph is out of his senses!”

From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by Beckford, William

As we neared the beach, two oomiaks, full of women, arrived, and the "teymas" and vociferation were redoubled.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

There is much vociferation also going on beneath the window respecting certain wheelbarrows which are in rivalry for our baggage: we appease their rivalry with our best patience, and follow them down the narrow street.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by Ruskin, John