howl
verb
howled; howling; howls
1
: to emit a loud sustained doleful sound characteristic of members of the dog family
2
: to cry out loudly and without restraint under strong impulse (such as pain, grief, or amusement)
3
: to go on a spree or rampage
1
: to utter with unrestrained outcry
2
: to drown out or cause to fail by adverse outcry
—used especially with down
howl
noun
Examples of howl in a Sentence
The dogs were howling at the moon.
several coyotes began howling close by as the sun went down
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Where once the new path wound, where once the fern garden was just beginning to feel at home, where once the water-feature crocodile howled, all is raw earth.
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Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
The video opens with Nia rousing from her sleep in her family home, amid the howling wind rolling across the mountain range.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 24 June 2024
But the dogs would be howling if Brady turned in an underwhelming performance.
—Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 18 May 2024
His plays, however, can turn stuffy and melodramatic in modern productions: living museum dioramas in which women in long skirts and men in frock coats howl about syphilis and scandal.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2024
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Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
The video opens with Nia rousing from her sleep in her family home, amid the howling wind rolling across the mountain range.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 24 June 2024
But the dogs would be howling if Brady turned in an underwhelming performance.
—Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 18 May 2024
His plays, however, can turn stuffy and melodramatic in modern productions: living museum dioramas in which women in long skirts and men in frock coats howl about syphilis and scandal.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2024
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howl
verb1
: to make a long loud mournful sound like that of a dog
2
: to cry out loudly (as with pain, grief, or amusement)
howled in protest
howling with laughter
3
: to drown out or cause to fail by an outcry
howled down the opposition
howl
noun
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