How to Use out loud in a Sentence

out loud

adverb
  • Trump then read the note out loud.
    — Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Yet, they’re rarely said out loud.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Say it out loud with me right now.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 19 June 2026
  • Jean could do not to laugh out loud.
    — David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Don’t be afraid to dream big out loud.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Here is the part that does not get said out loud.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • That's the part so many seem afraid to say out loud.
    — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
  • Talk it out loud with each other.
    — Michelle Sobel, Fortune, 23 June 2026
  • No one is going to say that out loud.
    — Yair Nativ, Boston Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Musk said the quiet part out loud.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Say it out loud and see who responds.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Trump himself said that out loud.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Put it in writing and say it out loud.
    — Bruce Staley, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Name the pain others won't say out loud.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • But the move says the quiet part out loud.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2025
  • People didn’t even want to say it out loud.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
  • None of these sentences is easy to say out loud.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
  • But here is what took me thirteen years to say out loud.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • But nobody wants to be the first to say it out loud.
    — Tom Roberts, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • How many of us think this but are too afraid to say it out loud these days?
    — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2021
  • The script has eye rolling scenes mixed with laugh out loud moments.
    — Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025
  • They are not voiced out loud, which means they are not resolved.
    — Ilia Kiselevich, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Who’s bled, cried, purged, stayed silent, screamed out loud — and still showed up.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 16 Nov. 2025
  • Sing out loud, if the spirit moves, and dance if your feet will lead.
    — John Archibald | [email protected], al, 8 Mar. 2020
  • Not everything needs to be said out loud right now.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
  • And yet, more people are saying it out loud.
    — Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
  • As if praying out loud gets big results.
    — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The fear often shrinks when it is stated out loud.
    — Mohamed Al Hashemi, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • The first move could reveal more than anyone says out loud.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 June 2026
  • Angie had to wear an earpiece on the set and sing it out loud.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2024

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