How to Use bellow in a Sentence

bellow

verb
  • He bellowed at her to come over at once.
  • The sergeant was bellowing orders.
  • He was bellowing into the phone, giving orders to one of his employees.
  • The way the trumpets bellow from the bowels of Beale Street.
    Michael Harriot, The Root, 4 Apr. 2018
  • On windy days the ungreased pump on the ranch bellows rusty ballads.
    Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The Islamic call to prayer—the adhan—bellows out five times a day.
    National Geographic, 23 July 2019
  • Old Miles bellows at his clone during one of their blowout fights.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2019
  • The recruits bellow Good morning, sir and Aye, sir and hustle to the head before a predawn march to the mess hall.
    Alex French, Esquire, 11 Jan. 2017
  • On a warm afternoon this week, one puffed out his black-and-white throat and bellowed.
    Jan Hefler, Philly.com, 16 May 2018
  • Now News Group) One by one, the cannons bellowed their salute to the nation's birthday.
    Jane Ford-Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2018
  • The song marked the end of an encore, but the hundreds bellowing along with them didn’t appear at all ready to head home.
    Audra Heinrichs, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
  • A burly man in a butcher’s apron bellowed in a deep baritone about the unbeatable price of his pork chops.
    Besha Rodell, New York Times, 12 June 2017
  • Dave Goucher bellowed from the 98.5 Sports Hub radio booth.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Emerging markets had a reading of 13 at the end of March, or well bellow their long-term reading of 17.
    Simon Constable, WSJ, 4 June 2017
  • The savvy business woman and brassy dame who had to bellow to be heard, however?
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The whisper on the school’s microphone was drowned out by the entire crowd joining in and bellowing out the song.
    Rusty Simmons, SFChronicle.com, 24 Aug. 2019
  • After the two swap bodies, Mo (now played by Dassler) pounds his chest and bellows that his new body is like a Ferrari.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Is that Addi managed to yank him up, yank his neck up and push him out of the sand, and then this, all this screaming and the camels are bellowing.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2024
  • There in the middle of the table, sits Gary Neville, bellowing out a set of funny stories about his time in Spain.
    SI.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • The abrupt ending prompted the reporter to bellow with laughter.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Bull screams are called bellows, and this bull’s bellow sounds a little like Chewbacca ready to throw a punch.
    Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 11 Feb. 2018
  • Dust bellowed from the cylindrical corral trap like smoke from stacks.
    Alex Devoid, azcentral, 27 Mar. 2018
  • So bellowed Washington Sr., who was quite a player in his day.
    David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 18 July 2017
  • The howl rippled across the pens until every wolf lifted its nose and bellowed in chorus.
    Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 26 June 2019
  • During jury selection on the first day of the trial, Wilhelm bellowed out his thoughts on the case.
    Daniel Bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Then the men started yelling, surging forward, bellowing at the chief.
    Sean Flynn, Esquire, 9 Mar. 2017
  • At which point, the swank crowd in the rink-turned-club rose up, dancing in place, bellowing out lyrics in sync — and not scurrying, as is the L.A. norm at almost 9 p.m. — out to the valet.
    Merle Ginsberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The canopies were filled with screeching monkeys and the river with bellowing hippos.
    Max Bearak, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2019
  • The Red Sox righthander has pounded his chest, high-stepped and stomped off the mound, howled after escaping jams, and bellowed in frustration.
    Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Fontana bellows in his New York accent, while filling a cup with the store’s vegan soft serve ice cream for another customer.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024

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