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howling

[hou-ling] / ˈhaʊ lɪŋ /














NOUN
yelling
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A 19th-Century Anglo-Indian journal derided the voices of boys playing women as "discordant", comparing them unfavourably to "howling jackals".

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Umpires are already howling about being second-guessed in public, no surprise there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

"To find wolf kills locally, ravens likely use short-range cues, like monitoring wolf behavior or listening to wolf howling," says Loretto.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026

This felt like a room in which the howling winds of nothing were totally emblematic of where we are in the law right now.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026

“It’s my fault,” Clare said, practically yelling over the howling wind.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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