How to Use holler in a Sentence

holler

1 of 2 verb
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  • She hollered across the street, “Did you hear the news?”.
  • They were screaming and hollering at each other all night.
  • And then we get hollered at that the lights have to be out.
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The man hollered at them through his front door, then called the police.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Then a neighbor hollered at him to go inside and turn on the TV.
    — Andy Schatschneider, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2017
  • Michael Beasley hollers at the official in a 2015 game.
    — Manny Navarro, miamiherald, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Fans stood, cheered and hollered, and play was stopped briefly as players hugged on the benches and on the ice.
    — John Wawrow, courant.com, 3 July 2017
  • Luke was in the stands hollering with the rest of the family.
    — Mike Jensen, Philly.com, 9 Dec. 2017
  • Sean Keller hollered to a crowd of 200 people at the bar Franklin Hall on Friday night.
    — Terry Nguyen, Washington Post, 27 June 2019
  • The next day, the girl hollered in pain and pointed at her back, her mother stated.
    — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 1 May 2023
  • People would hoot and holler at her and sometimes throw things.
    — Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 5 Oct. 2021
  • The driver keeps cupping his hands around his mouth, megaphone- style, to holler at groups of girls who walk by.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Men on horseback whooped and hollered while dogs scampered back and forth.
    — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2019
  • People will bang on their car horns and people will holler.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Austin slammed his bat on the plate, threw it down and took four steps toward the mound while hollering.
    — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2018
  • So, pull your boots on and get ready to hoot and holler while cowboys and cowgirls take off on their best rides.
    — Anna Mahan, Country Living, 10 Sep. 2023
  • So my husband, ran over to the house to and started hollering for them.
    — Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2011
  • Way too many of them, people who could not have been alive, hollered in response, caught up in the moment.
    — Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The agitated man, Joaquin Labaut, hollered loudly, threw his hands in the air and refused to get on the ground.
    — David Ovalle and Charles Rabin, miamiherald, 7 June 2018
  • The footage had the entirety of Hall H on their feet, whooping and hollering and whistling.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 July 2017
  • Theo had to admit that, in the two years since Roger had come along, Jane barely hollered or whipped her anymore.
    — Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
  • McGann seemed doubtful, but some other men whooped and hollered, and that felt great.
    — Mike O’Brien, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2023
  • But Lykes turned and hollered something at the UConn bench and drew a technical foul, his second foul, sending him to the bench for the rest of the half.
    — Dom Amore, courant.com, 24 Nov. 2019
  • Cobb hollered after the pair, who seemed tickled by all the attention.
    — Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 3 Dec. 2019
  • The video below speaks for itself: As my grandmother used to say — a hit dog will holler.
    — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 30 Oct. 2018
  • While Kemp carped about Gibson’s zone after the third out, Turner and others hollered at the umpire from the bench.
    — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 20 June 2018
  • Bush hollered at his bigheaded twin from his front row seat next to Laura, his wife of 40 years.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 25 May 2018
  • DeAngelo hollered and cursed when Gorman, then a child, played too close to the slat fence between their yards.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive.com, 23 June 2019
  • On April 22, 10 days after returning to Hershey, Dasani leans past a girl on the bus to holler out the window.
    — New York Times, 28 Sep. 2021
  • As the referees walked off the field, fans in Baltimore hollered at them, and outside Fells Point bars, cigarette smoke and curse words filled the air.
    — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 28 Jan. 2024
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holler

2 of 2 noun
  • Wasn’t a holler guy, didn’t throw stools in the clubhouse.
    — Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2021
  • But the group seemed to jell early on, hence the hoots and hollers from the back of the bus on the first full day.
    — Terri Colby, The Seattle Times, 16 June 2017
  • There seems to be one around every bend in the road and down every holler.
    — Jeremy Bradley, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Hey man, tell Bruce to come holler at me after the season.
    — Bob McManaman, azcentral, 10 June 2018
  • Hoots and hollers from fans will surely greet the episode’s big reveal of who (or what) the target is.
    — Hank Stuever, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Judging by the hoots, hollers and cheers that greeted the first few notes of most songs, these fans were just as stoked to be there.
    — Bill Schulz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2017
  • After the drop, the ride takes off for a delightful, spinning romp through the Ozarks holler.
    — Arthur Levine, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2018
  • For two hours, the Spartans’ bench players hoot and holler and cheer on their teammates.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Drowning people won't flail their arms and holler for help.
    — Maya Miller, Star Tribune, 1 July 2021
  • That was quite a victory holler at the end, what was going through your mind?
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2020
  • These are born from struggle, and rock ‘n’ roll fuses them with a backbeat and a holler.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • No Way Home hits its hoot-and-holler beats about as skillfully as Endgame did.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 14 Dec. 2021
  • As Purpish rode her first wave, Lovgren let out a holler in the water behind her.
    — Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 1 Apr. 2017
  • Just ring the doorbell—or holler—and the hosts will show you whatever room is vacant.
    — Krista Soriano, Esquire, 26 Oct. 2015
  • The placards in the seats used to resemble fans didn’t hoot and holler in excitement.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 5 May 2020
  • And both seem to be taking place deep in the holler, somewhere near a swampland and in outer space all at once.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Aug. 2022
  • But that holler is where Pappy Van Winkle rose from the ashes.
    — Chanslor Gallenstein, National Review, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Kennedy attempted a half-dozen or so half courts shots as the team was wrapping up drills, to the hoots and hollers of his players.
    — Brent Zwerneman, Houston Chronicle, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Please feel free to mention those in the comments, or holler at me on Twitter or Facebook.
    — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The one populated by pale people who live shortened days in the hollers, where the air and forest are thick and heavy.
    — New York Times, 23 May 2018
  • Julian spent hard days in that holler, fixing things with chewing gum and string, so to speak, while his children played on the grounds.
    — Chanslor Gallenstein, National Review, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Country might have come out of the hollers and cotton fields and dusty plains, but it was shaped by records and radio, movies and television.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Ed shouted from the stern: Jason, you better holler for somebody.
    — Earl Swift, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
  • Last year, it was predicted that 10 million people would give the chubby fellow in the red suit a holler.
    — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 23 Aug. 2021
  • But don't forget about danza, an ancient dance that goes back centuries to the beat of a drum and indigenous hollers.
    — Camilo Hannibal Smith, Houston Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Inspired by a nifty tongue pop thingie Edwards is known for doing, the San Francisco chef made a series of dishes to the hoots and hollers of the crowd.
    — Jessica Yadegaran, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2019
  • The Alps came through the clubhouse door to a mild effusion of hollers and hellos from the handful of patrons already ensconced.
    — Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
  • A few minutes later, a passing van honked and a man leaned out the passenger window and gave Peres a friendly holler.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com, 4 May 2018
  • The spectacle of it all might be the initial draw, but infectious, holler-along hooks invite audiences to join in the fun.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2021
  • As the care packages are handed out, the congregation hollers and applauds.
    — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023

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