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howl
noun as in long, painful cry
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The wind howls through the gaps in the trees and beats us back a few steps.
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He crooned a long, soft howl, so wolflike it made the skin on the backs of the children’s necks prickle.
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The howl of pain came from the back nursery, where Penelope found Cassiopeia in her bed, whimpering and thrashing to and fro.
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Beowulf howled, forgetting his words for a moment.
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When the conductor sounded three deafening, mournful hoots on the train whistle, the children covered their ears and howled even more loudly in protest.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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