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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
vociferate .
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Examples
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Here, a stout beadle runs out, and vociferates for the witnesses at the very top of his voice; for you hear his cry grow fainter and fainter as he descends the steps into the court – yard below.
Sketches by Boz 2007
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He vociferates this so loudly that Mr. Bagnet, laying his hands on the shoulders of his comrade before the latter can recover from his amazement, gets him on the outside of the street door, which is instantly slammed by the triumphant Judy.
Bleak House 2007
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'What do you mean by your long historical disquisitions?' vociferates the eleventh.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 Various
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Lucy's lover hears that she is faithless; he gnashes his teeth, and vociferates a furious 'Ja so!'
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 Various
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-- A third Diogenes, of a more practical turn of mind, vociferates, that the whole thing comes from the want of a high protective tariff.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics Various
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I see him still, wiping his nose on his ragged coat-sleeve as he vociferates ....
Tramping on Life Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960 1922
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I see him still, wiping his nose on his ragged coat-sleeve as he vociferates ....
Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Harry Kemp 1921
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But when a similar action is taken by another party the Democratlc party inaugurates and incessantly vociferates the cry of "negro domination."
People's Party Hand-Book of Facts. Campaign of 1898. N.C. 1898
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In the books he reads and in the plays he sees the average man recognises himself in the hero, and vociferates his approbation.
Style Walter Alexander Raleigh 1891
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Throwing a black veil over her head he vociferates thus:
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Calvin Thomas 1886
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