yowl
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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
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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
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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
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“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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