Definition 2024
yell_silently
yell silently
English
Verb
to yell silently
- (idiomatic) To think very strong thoughts that one wishes to yell out loud but does not.
- 1964. Isaac Asimov, The Rest of the Robots, Doubleday, page 341:
- He yelled silently at R. Daneel: Machine!
- 1988. Craig Thomas, Winter Hawk, Morrow, page 373:
- Shut up, he yelled silently as the woman cried out in pain and terror in the cabin behind him.
- 2002. Elizabeth Lowell, Eden Burning, HarperCollins, page 365:
- Hurry, he yelled silently to the pilot. Hurry!