out loud

adverb

Definition of out loudnext
as in aloud
with one's normal voice speaking the words registered their dissatisfaction with the meal out loud to the waiter

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Recent Examples of out loud Her crime was objecting, out loud, when another performer railed against Israel from a stage. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026 At a press conference, school board member Frank Martin read excerpts from the novel out loud, focusing on a passage where one of Vonnegut’s characters, Kilgore Trout, reimagines the story of Christ’s crucifixion. — Susan Farrell, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026 Swift does have a special knack for saying the quiet part out loud. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026 What the marketing tends to leave out is what radiologists keep saying out loud. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for out loud
Recent Examples of Synonyms for out loud
  1. aloud
  2. out
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  • Fourteen sheriff’s office deputies flanked the courtroom and filled in the spaces between Collins’ family and the defendants’ parents while a clerk read the verdict aloud.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2026
  • These attract big audiences, who listen to the likes of Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley and even Queen Camilla reading remarkable letters aloud.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of aloud
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  • Thanks to their actions, their teacher survived, and is one of approximately 350,000 Americans who experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year.
    — Meng Yang, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The other 20 developers, out there, this would open gate over here.
    — Annette Beard, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
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“Out loud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/out%20loud. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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