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yowl

[youl] / 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

“Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose,” Joplin sang in her signature blues-rock yowl — perhaps the best-known piece of wisdom in Kristofferson’s very wise catalog.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 30, 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

The cat gave a guttural yowl, then deliberately ran ahead, looking back as he paused beyond the range of firelight.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford

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

Other breeds like Pomeranians and Chihuahuas are equally vocal, albeit with yips and yowls rather than bellowing howls.

From Salon Feb. 3, 2023

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

Matthew drops his machete to the ground and puts an arm across his eyes as he snuffles and yowls and moans.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

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

I yowled in fury and slashed at the beast, but my claws met nothing but air.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

“Good morning, babies!” she says with a Fozzie Bear voice, feeding chunks of Pup-peroni to two yowling huskies and a wiggly black lab.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 8, 2024

"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

Your cat, yowling pitifully, would vanish in a thick whorl of white papers.

From Washington Post Jan. 26, 2023

The yowling prince Lewis Capaldi has made hay from singing himself hoarse, his hits filled with raw eruptions of schlock so potent they transcend past corn into something far more cooked.

From New York Times Sep. 9, 2022

A strange yowling sound was coming from the portrait of Agatha Swanburne, and neither she nor her husband could discover why.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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