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  • verb Present participle of vociferate.

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Examples

  • A couple of early risers, or, rather, men who had been out on trail all night, were vociferating their opinions concerning the utter and loathsome worthlessness of

    TOO MUCH GOLD 2010

  • He was doing it now, vociferating, bellowing, waving his arms, and cursing like a fiend, and all because of a disagreement with another hunter as to whether a seal pup knew instinctively how to swim.

    Chapter 4 2010

  • A couple of early risers, or, rather, men who had been out on trail all night, were vociferating their opinions concerning the utter and loathsome worthlessness of

    Too Much Gold 2010

  • Then a drunken major shouted a challenge from the doorway of a cantina and began vociferating orders, and as they left the plaza behind they could hear rising the familiar mob-cry "Kill the Gringos!"

    WHOSE BUSINESS IS TO LIVE 2010

  • That is when the subtle, sweet musical call becomes a vociferating screech -- the culprit being fear, or worse, complacency.

    Sebastian Siegel: Consciousness & Intuition 2010

  • That is when the subtle, sweet musical call becomes a vociferating screech -- the culprit being fear, or worse, complacency.

    Consciousness & Intuition Sebastian Siegel 2010

  • It is hard to understand vociferating over their treatment even while silencing America's voice on behalf of such brave liberals as Ayman Nour and Sa'ad Edin Ibrahim, persecuted by the government that hosted Obama in Cairo for the peaceful advocacy of democracy.

    The Abandonment of Democracy By Joshua Muravchik 2009

  • George was heard vociferating, 3 “What the deevil, Mrs. Grimslees, the Captain is no in his bed? and a gentleman at our house has ordered a fowl and minced collops, and a bottle of sherry, and has sent to ask him to supper, to tell him all about the Abbey.”

    The Monastery 2008

  • His interest was seized at once by the situation, which presented a man pacing up and down and vociferating angry things to a pretty but petulant woman.

    Modern Inventions Predicted in Classic Science Fiction KaneCitizen 2006

  • His interest was seized at once by the situation, which presented a man pacing up and down and vociferating angry things to a pretty but petulant woman.

    Archive 2006-12-01 KaneCitizen 2006

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  • A form of vociferous: to shout, yell; to carry.

    February 16, 2010