out loud

adverb

: loudly enough to be heard : aloud

Examples of out loud in a Sentence

registered their dissatisfaction with the meal out loud to the waiter
Recent Examples on the Web Guilt taps into something that’s difficult to express out loud. Kishori Rajan, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2024 Between photos of her kids and candid confessions about motherhood, Trainor continues to express her love out loud. Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024 Its formidable goals are to upend wrongful convictions, help those for whom small fines are mammoth roadblocks, and work toward what seem like commonsense reforms once somebody says them out loud. Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2024 The audience, full of eye rolls, struggled to keep from laughing out loud. Scott Howard-Cooper., Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024 This case was even more tricky: The shooter said nothing out loud before, during or after the shooting, and the man the police had charged in the attack, Jason Eaton, was a somewhat complicated character. Rozina Ali, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024 Martinez said that Republicans need to take their closed-door conversations about Trump into the open and say the quiet part out loud. USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024 Others, including top content creators, are saying the ban needs to be re-examined with more context and wonder out loud if Bungie should be banning one of its top players like this without any warning, and for what seems like a pretty minor offense, leaving this tool open when running Destiny. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024 Communicating your mistakes out loud is a helpful strategy for building transparency and improving teamwork. Yec, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1821, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of out loud was in 1821

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“Out loud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out%20loud. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

out loud

adverb
: loudly enough to be heard : aloud

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