caterwauling
Example Sentences
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Not that I’m caterwauling about lost Lloyd Webber rhymes, but the musical numbers start to pile up.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Meaning, he's accustomed to getting his winks in around random 2 a.m. caterwauling slaps in the face.
From Salon • Aug. 16, 2023
What’s most surprising, though, is the book’s poignancy amid all its antics and mythological caterwauling.
From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2022
She is a caterwauling singer, a graceless dancer, a cheerful butcher of good sense and the English language.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2020
For three days Samuel lay in bed, fighting the fever phantoms and putting names to them too, before his great strength broke down the infection and drove it caterwauling away.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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