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Discover LudwigThe phrase "actually yell" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize that someone is indeed yelling, often in contrast to what might be expected or assumed.
Example: "Despite her calm demeanor, she would actually yell when she was frustrated."
Alternatives: "truly shout" or "really scream".
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At one point Scooter and his mother actually yell at each other across a kitchen table.
She climbs into her car and drives up and down the block, too afraid to actually yell out Shirley's name.
When she was pregnant, with no sign of a partner, the press would actually yell out "who's the sperm donor?" when they saw her walking past.
For the only time in a 40-year career in journalism, I heard an editor actually yell, "Hold the presses!" I'm often asked for my thoughts on Bush v. Gore, and liberal audiences are often disappointed when I describe the decision not as a travesty or tragedy, but as a bad hair day.
My dad would actually yell at me for waking up so early and watching TV, then yell at me for watching TV too long, then yell at me for wasting half the day because "Freestyler" didnt come on till 11.54.
An MSNBC cable news anchor once interrupted a Clinton speech to complain about her voice, telling his co-host "one of the trickier things to teach people about public speaking is that the microphone works, you don't have to actually yell".
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"You suck!" one man actually yelled out.
"I actually yelled at them," she said.
Tonton André is actually yelling outside our house.
It was pandemonium, and people were actually yelling.
Someone actually yelled "We're gonna die!", like in the movies.
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