ululate
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When women’s voices ululate, they do so, in different regions of the world, to celebrate, to mourn, to pray, to warn, to seduce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2020
The horseman howl and ululate in triumph while the Unsullied bang their spears on the ground in unison.
From Salon ● May 20, 2019
At that point, as though suddenly realizing that there were dramatic circumstances at hand, the local jamming installations swung into action, commencing to howl and ululate with a doubled fury.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 17, 2014
The man who married Trotsky's secretary made his most interesting and rebellious characters girls: the piratical sisters, the Amazons, who "rattle our sabres to frighten the neighbours", ululate ferociously beneath their bonnets rouges.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 19, 2010
The efrits ululate, doubling their efforts to pull her away.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
It’s possible to forget that, sunk into some plush seat while a chorus line ululates, but threat remains.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2020
She starts screaming in Farsi, then ululates at ear-piercing timbre.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2015
"Why?" ululates Edwards, shaking his head like an aggrieved outreach worker, but, when confronted, nobody seems to know.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2013
The singer, here the vibrantly theatrical countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, sometimes echoes, sometimes ululates and sometimes disintegrates into a pained, nearly silent scream.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2012
With a maximum of temptation she ululates the ditties of the Gershwin brothers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Women wearing beads, skirts and hats ululated and sang Zulu hymns and slogans as they awaited the arrival of the new king.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2022
Who knew that Martians, inside monstrous tripodal machines taller than many buildings, actually ululated, that they made eerily haunting "ulla, ulla, ulla, ulla" sounds?
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2021
After Mr. Tumaileh’s victory, men went out into the streets chanting and women ululated from balconies.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2015
At Beirut International Airport, friends and relatives ululated and cheered as the men walked onto the tarmac.
From Reuters ● Oct. 19, 2013
She put back her head and ululated, and everyone in camp turned to look.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Others surged towards the casket, dancing, clapping, ululating; all through tears.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
Crowds gathered at the hospital, cheering and ululating to celebrate.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2023
Ms. Jeilaniy’s mother called out to the townspeople, ululating three times and drumming on a plastic tray turned upside down.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2023
The metro near Al Thumama Stadium became a pulsing dance party of Moroccans drumming on the windows and ululating in celebration.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
A high ululating cry brought him instantly awake.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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