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

A handful of women ululate as the proceedings begin.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

Mau Mau veterans danced, prayed and ululated to celebrate news of the agreement at an event in Nairobi.

From Reuters ● Jun. 6, 2013

Over an alien procession of sonorous percussion, tart winds and tremulous strings that blur into quarter-tones, the soprano Susan Narucki trilled, ululated and sang in French and an invented tongue.

From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2010

The moment each woman guest arrived in the yard, and before she reached the door, she ululated, making a loud trilling sound, to announce that she shared our joy.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat

Others surged towards the casket, dancing, clapping, ululating; all through tears.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026

Crowds gathered at the hospital, cheering and ululating to celebrate.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2023

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

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 began to sing in a shrill, ululating voice.

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