caterwaul

Example Sentences

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Its “sounds,” she writes, are those “of the busying and tidying of the quietly controlling. The sniveling and whimpering of the long overlooked, the caterwaul of the brokenhearted.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2020

His keening caterwaul sounds as if he had flicked the ejector switch but forgotten to undo his seat belt.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 16, 2015

Applause and discreet drumroll please for Sen. Ted Cruz, who has a reminder for the nation in an age of cynicism, caterwaul and clutter: Remember the traditional national narrative, please, he says.

From Washington Times • Dec. 2, 2014

What prevented “Sir Simpleton” from a similar fate was Mr. Moran, hammering at a central riff; his bond with Mr. akLaff held firm, and the saxophonists were free to stutter-step and caterwaul around them.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2014

“I wonder why they make that caterwaul noise, all screechy and harsh.”

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate