howl
Example Sentences
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The howl and whine of the opening few bars of “Chains of Love” conjure images of the ghostly moors, before transforming into a catchy midtempo pop number.
It’s easier to howl at a classic like “Dr. Strangelove,” which mocked the leaders giddyuping the planet’s destruction, than at a present-day satire where we ourselves are the joke.
From Los Angeles Times
The Dragon howled with rage and spat a wall of flame that singed Rowan's hair and eyebrows.
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Llewelyn howled into the night once before the shadows silenced him, too.
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And my body howled out loud, with my face raised to the sky, the fiercest, scariest yell I didn’t even know I had in me.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.