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yowl

[yaul] / jaʊl /




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But they had connected him to a current of fury, and the urge to yowl for justice or revenge flooded his throat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025

The cathartic yowl at the start of his debut solo single, “Crazy Train,” was telling: “All aboooooardd!”

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2025

“Noid” was dense and menacing, Tyler’s flow somewhere between a growl and a yowl; “Darling, I” was light and whimsical but almost painfully yearning too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2024

At 61, Rose's vocals aren't what they once were, but he can still pull off a wolverine yowl when he warms up - and his snarling delivery remains convincingly menacing.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2023

Once the dragon was gone, Jeremy felt better—until he heard the yowl from the kitchen.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

He had heard a tip from some former clients that the mournful yowls of lynx had been heard overnight near the public viewing area, so we reinstalled ourselves nearby on his secret mountain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

Robotnik, who also goes by the name Eggman, eggs them on with gleeful yowls.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2022

Actually, sometimes he yowls at 4AM because he doesn’t like eating alone, making us sit with him as he chows down on kibble.

From The Verge ● Dec. 24, 2021

“We are sprinkler kids,” Kimberly King Parsons writes in one of 12 fantastic stories in her new collection of enchanting yowls from a big and wild Texas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2019

Faint and far above came Wolf’s frenzied yowls: Where are you?

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

She checked in with her sister, who once worked at an animal shelter, and learned that cats that yowled were either in distress, in heat or lost.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2024

The poor creature mewed and yowled so piteously that he could not help feeling sorry for it.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2022

John Wall skipped and yowled at the end of practice Saturday.

From Washington Times ● May 14, 2017

Westerberg and Stinson yowled their vocals like stray cats, and Foley crisply, deftly negotiated the rhythmic turns on "Merry Go Round."

From Chicago Tribune ● Jul. 5, 2011

He yowled and spit, but it didn’t do him any good.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

"It's three-tiered, with a nasal low register, a yowling, cutting middle range and a high register so startlingly clear it sounds like a falsetto," Pareles wrote in a 1987 concert review.

From Reuters ● May 24, 2023

Directed by Boyle and written by Craig Pearce, it celebrates the punk spirit of authenticity and exudes love for the Pistols’ yowling chaos.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2022

Then for the next four hours I heard a small boy crying, whimpering and yowling.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2021

They released the dog and watched from a distance as he ran from one grave to another, then jumped on Jessica’s and started yowling.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2021

The mask looks like a cross between my sister and Edvard Munch’s The Scream; blond hair and a terrified yowling mouth—although from behind the mask I can hear laughter.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman




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