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Grammar : Verb
Spell : bel-oh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɛl oʊ



Definition of bellowing

Origin :
  • late 14c., from present participle of bellow (v.). As an adjective, recorded from 1610s.
  • verb holler
Example sentences :
  • But this bellowing comes only every hundred years or thereabout.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • The sudden jerk roused the monster to wrath, and its bellowing was terrible.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • Like a flash of light she had passed through the bellowing throng.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • He dashed out into the antechamber, and I heard him bellowing orders.
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
  • He managed to release about thirty before the bellowing stopped.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
  • He heard the bellowing orders of the Irishman at the controls.
  • Extract from : « The Finding of Haldgren » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • So he jumped past him, and ran to the stable, bellowing for Williams.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
  • There was a roar like thunder, and a colossal, bellowing explosion.
  • Extract from : « The Pygmy Planet » by John Stewart Williamson
  • He went through the ship, bellowing, and faced mutinous snarlings.
  • Extract from : « Sand Doom » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • Then the children and the bellowing kine had the world to themselves again.
  • Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro

Synonyms for bellowing

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