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squawking

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verb

present participle of squawk

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for squawking
Adjective
  • And those arguing for seizing the moment for reform have been vocal in opposing cuts so far.
    Dylan Matthews, Vox, 28 Mar. 2025
  • There’s guys along the way that probably earned the rights to step up and be a little bit more vocal.
    Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • That first-round pick became Merriman (although, the Giants aren't complaining).
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The Buccaneers started complaining to the officials about fouls.
    CJ Moore, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Duckworth, herself a disabled veteran, has been particularly outspoken, calling the Administration’s actions a betrayal.
    Nik Popli, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The actress, whose big break came in another big musical, the remake of West Side Story, has drawn her own controversy for being a little bit outspoken, there is that.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The blatant stupidity of what is being done by our country‘s executive leadership is staggering.
    Lisa P. Rimland, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Culturally, the combination of blatant racist fear mongering and the anti-woke movement has delivered their message for the future.
    Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The whining about everyone else didn’t help, either.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Stop whining and thank your lucky stars for having a job.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Biden's backers were vociferous in their defense of the president, pointing to his 2020 victory and subsequent accomplishments to hammer his critics.
    Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 9 July 2024
  • And the tiny town of Dalton, Georgia, home of the largest solar panel manufacturing plant in the western hemisphere and source of about 2,000 jobs, is in the district represented by Marjorie Taylor Greene, a vociferous climate-change skeptic who has nonetheless cheered the factory.
    Bob Woods, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Budgerigars are both impressive vocal mimics and also have complex vocalizations called warbles that are a mix of noisy and harmonic calls.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Trapped in bed, in a noisy room or hallway, under the fluorescent lighting of the hospital all day and night, these children experience more stress, dissatisfaction, fear and distrust of the system.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Squawking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squawking. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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