ululate

When women’s voices ululate, they do so, in different regions of the world, to celebrate, to mourn, to pray, to warn, to seduce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2020

The horseman howl and ululate in triumph while the Unsullied bang their spears on the ground in unison.

From Salon ● May 20, 2019

At that point, as though suddenly realizing that there were dramatic circumstances at hand, the local jamming installations swung into action, commencing to howl and ululate with a doubled fury.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 17, 2014

The man who married Trotsky's secretary made his most interesting and rebellious characters girls: the piratical sisters, the Amazons, who "rattle our sabres to frighten the neighbours", ululate ferociously beneath their bonnets rouges.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 19, 2010

The efrits ululate, doubling their efforts to pull her away.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

It’s possible to forget that, sunk into some plush seat while a chorus line ululates, but threat remains.

From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2020

She starts screaming in Farsi, then ululates at ear-piercing timbre.

From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2015

"Why?" ululates Edwards, shaking his head like an aggrieved outreach worker, but, when confronted, nobody seems to know.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2013

The singer, here the vibrantly theatrical countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, sometimes echoes, sometimes ululates and sometimes disintegrates into a pained, nearly silent scream.

From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2012

With a maximum of temptation she ululates the ditties of the Gershwin brothers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Women wearing beads, skirts and hats ululated and sang Zulu hymns and slogans as they awaited the arrival of the new king.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2022

Who knew that Martians, inside monstrous tripodal machines taller than many buildings, actually ululated, that they made eerily haunting "ulla, ulla, ulla, ulla" sounds?

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2021

A group of women stood a few feet away and ululated, and there couldn’t have been a greater contrast between the animated, passionate voices and the flat, lost look in Duop’s eyes.

From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2017

At Beirut International Airport, friends and relatives ululated and cheered as the men walked onto the tarmac.

From Reuters ● Oct. 19, 2013

People sang and danced and the women ululated as I was led away.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

"We have to do better, we must do better," vowed Mr Fletcher, who cast aside his prepared speech when he stood under a canopy facing rows of Sudanese women and children, clapping and ululating.

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024

In Qatar, hundreds of elated fans clad in green and red outside Al Thumama Stadium celebrated Morocco’s win, chanting, ululating, banging on drums and waving the national flag.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 10, 2022

To watch the Agojie warriors storm into battle, armed with swords and spears and led by Nanisca’s mighty ululating battle cry, is to encounter much more than the standard Hollywood vision of resistance in action.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2022

Her relative anonymity allowed her to let loose in front of the small crowd, and those who clicked with the percussive, ululating machinations that filtered out of her USB hollered and jerked along.

From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2021

Mirri Maz Duur's voice rose to a high, ululating wail that sent a shiver down Dany's back.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin