aloud
with the normal tone and volume of the speaking voice, as distinguished from whisperingly: They could not speak aloud in the library.
vocally, as distinguished from mentally: He read the book aloud.
with a loud voice; loudly: to cry aloud in grief.
Origin of aloud
1Words that may be confused with aloud
- allowed, aloud
Words Nearby aloud
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How to use aloud in a sentence
With the exception of the last I found them quite straightforward and manageable, but that’s not to say I wasn’t urging Mono on aloud.
‘Little Nightmares II’: A hypnotic, dark fairy tale | Christopher Byrd | February 9, 2021 | Washington PostAn officer would summon each firefighter into his office and then read numeric codes aloud.
Call box of duty: Cops remember the call boxes that kept them connected | John Kelly | January 30, 2021 | Washington PostYet after the fight, after finally saying aloud what he’d been thinking for almost 15 years, Peter felt better.
The Climate Crisis Is Worse Than You Can Imagine. Here’s What Happens If You Try. | by Elizabeth Weil | January 25, 2021 | ProPublicaAccording to the Constitution, Pence will read aloud electoral college votes cast in each state in December.
Pence seeks rejection of lawsuit that aimed to expand his power to overturn the election | Rosalind Helderman, John Wagner | January 1, 2021 | Washington PostHe wondered aloud at the board meeting whether the port’s streetlights system and another project on the table at the time — a system of interactive kiosks — could be joined together to better understand how port visitors were moving around.
The Port of San Diego Had Its Own Smart Streetlight Program | Jesse Marx | December 21, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
Fossella declined to run again, but in the years since he has mused aloud about challenging Grimm.
Will Dirty Pol Vito Fossella Replace Dirty Pol Michael Grimm? | David Freedlander | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGiorgio read aloud what they had chosen as their class motto.
Then I read aloud from something that captures the Holiday Spirit.
Red letters scrawled underneath seem to be Ramone thinking aloud: “I wonder but I think so.”
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk Paintings | Melissa Leon | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt the end of his prayer, the grand mufti whispered aloud: “May God accept it.”
Does Pope Francis Believe Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God? | Jay Parini | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was such a magnificent sum that Sol did not feel like taking the familiarity with it of mentioning it aloud.
The Bondboy | George W. (George Washington) OgdenAt Felipe's cry, the women waiting in the hall hurried in, wailing aloud as their first glance showed them all was over.
Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson"The worst of it is that the children will grow up away from me," thought Mamma; but she did not say it aloud.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingShe groaned aloud, and her tears flowed faster: Alessandro was making the baby's coffin.
Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson"They said at Ritz's that he was one of the young millionaires, well known already in America," the fat woman reflected aloud.
Rosemary in Search of a Father | C. N. Williamson
British Dictionary definitions for aloud
/ (əˈlaʊd) /
in a normal voice; not in a whisper
in a spoken voice; not silently
archaic in a loud voice
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