In a torrent of words he alternately shouted, exhorted, whispered, thundered, mocked.

For days now the angel had been watching serial dramas on television, alternately shouting at the screen or bursting into tears.

Joshua was leaning over the aftrail of the ship, shouting alternately to me, then to Titus.

Max alternately shouted at his wireless phone, the stalled traffic, and the net pages giving him traffic updates.

She alternately shouted for help and lectured the would-be mugger until the police came.

Kitty could hear Max alternately shouting her name and orders as he arranged for a few of his men to join him in tracking the source of the shot.

For hours, the lone trooper alternately shouted and fired, then lapsed into periods of silence.

Subjects are taken back to childhood by being put in nappies, bottle-fed and alternately shouted at and hugged, which leaves them feeling helpless and vulnerable.

The police had great difficulty in forcing their way through the crowd, which shouted alternately, "Kill him!"

He was striding briskly along the front of the formation alternately shouting and waving his hands.