caterwauling
Example Sentences
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Playboi Carti Playboi Carti was the only headline-tier act who did not broadcast his show on the Flog Gnaw livestream, leaving reams of Opium record label superfans caterwauling in the comments.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2024
As I said, I don't think Hannity will cooperate and there's no doubt that there will be much shrieking and caterwauling about the freedom of the press and Hannity's sources being revealed.
From Salon • Jan. 5, 2022
Lunch’s first band was called Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, and one of their songs began with Lunch caterwauling, “The leaves are always dead.”
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2021
She is a caterwauling singer, a graceless dancer, a cheerful butcher of good sense and the English language.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2020
The caterwauling horns had reached a crescendo and I turned away and cut across the lawn toward home.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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