yell silently

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Verb

yell silently (third-person singular simple present yells silently, present participle yelling silently, simple past and past participle yelled silently)

1. (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!