How to Use vociferous in a Sentence

vociferous

adjective
  • He was vociferous in his support of the proposal.
  • He is her most vociferous critic.
  • The decision was made over their vociferous objections.
  • John Lewis has been one of Trump’s most vociferous critics in the House.
    Nash Jenkins, Time, 8 Dec. 2017
  • The act of slamming a ball in one vociferous swoop is one of the stagiest things a player can do.
    Katie Heindl, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Amid all the vociferous opinions, some just want a chance to see for themselves.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The vociferous boos didn’t affect Altuve, who had a pair of hits.
    Joe Reedy, ajc, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The idea was met with ridicule even from some of Trump’s most vociferous supporters.
    Michael Kranish, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Some of those countries were among the pact's most vociferous opponents when it was first reached in 2015.
    Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 24 Nov. 2021
  • The Broncos secondary might have won the award for the most vociferous position group.
    Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Watford will start the stronger, cheered on by their vociferous home support.
    SI.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The checkpoints arrive during a time of vociferous debate over the role of law enforcement in the city.
    Michael Gold, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2020
  • But the season highlight — and the episode that would satisfy even the show's most vociferous critics — is the episode where the gay men makeover another gay man.
    Inkoo Kang, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Yet many of them are most vociferous in their support of the death penalty, fighting any attempts to abolish it.
    Robert Moore, Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2020
  • There certainly wasn't a vociferous demand to cut the Badgers a break and lower the threshold.
    Megan Ryan, Star Tribune, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Of all the CEOs in tech, the most vociferous supporter of such a unicorn strategy was Kalanick.
    Kevin Maney, Newsweek, 4 July 2017
  • There are the critics, the most vociferous of whom are Jeff Flake and Bob Corker, both senators who are not running for re-election.
    Susan Dominus, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018
  • One almost suspects that, for some of the most vociferous defenders of Depp online, the misogyny is the point.
    Jill Filipovic, CNN, 17 May 2022
  • The Frenchman devoured the Eithad pitch, delivering the first two goals, and being the most vociferous and animated out of the 22 men on the pitch.
    Juan Pimiento, chicagotribune.com, 8 Apr. 2018
  • In the cavernous climate of pandemic baseball, the most vociferous barbs tend to be heard quite clearly.
    Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Its president co-authored a vociferous op-ed in the New York Times last week calling for swift action.
    The Economist, 14 Apr. 2018
  • The rush of Trump books — basically its own genre this year — continued with this missive from the vociferous Fox host.
    Angela Haupt, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Sanders, 82, has emerged as one of Biden’s most vociferous surrogates.
    Paul Kane, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
  • Seattle has been in the midst of a vociferous debate over a new tax on major employers that will help fund housing and services for the homeless.
    Tim Logan, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2018
  • Some of the most vociferous objections to incorporation came from those with land at the distant edges of town.
    David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Nov. 2020
  • The banker later left Parex and Latvia to become a vociferous online critic of the country’s banking system.
    Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2018
  • That kind of atmosphere is seen in the Brasileirao every week, with Neymar and co. counting on vociferous support to right the wrongs of four years ago and claim an historic sixth title.
    SI.com, 18 June 2018
  • Williams took a lot of heat on social media from fans who were upset with his postgame comments about taking issue with vociferous boos from the home crowd last week.
    Art Stapleton, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Even with Wayne’s vociferous output, there was still ample appetite for more music.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Trump has been vociferous about hitting back at China’s leading e-tailers, which are blanketing the U.S. market in hundreds of thousands of de minimis shipments each day.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 12 Aug. 2024

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