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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The clip opens on a dark and spooky night, complete with a full moon, howling wolves and a steady rain falling on a haunted mansion.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2024
People's hearts broke hearing the dog howling for his owners.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
More than 1 million people visit the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden each year to see the hippos bob in and out of clear water, hear gibbons howl above the treetops, smell the elephants covered in dirt.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2024
But the abundant desert beauty, such as seeing shooting stars streaking over their home nearly every night, hearing coyotes howl and watching hawks swerve overhead, make up for it.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2024
People's hearts broke hearing the dog howling for his owners.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
More than 1 million people visit the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden each year to see the hippos bob in and out of clear water, hear gibbons howl above the treetops, smell the elephants covered in dirt.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2024
But the abundant desert beauty, such as seeing shooting stars streaking over their home nearly every night, hearing coyotes howl and watching hawks swerve overhead, make up for it.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Howl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/howl. Accessed 1 Dec. 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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