caterwauling

Example Sentences

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Not that I’m caterwauling about lost Lloyd Webber rhymes, but the musical numbers start to pile up.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Meaning, he's accustomed to getting his winks in around random 2 a.m. caterwauling slaps in the face.

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2023

The young fan’s well-timed caterwauling sounded like it was part of a comedy routine when Porzingis let fly for his fifth three-pointer of the half.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2022

Here, Haxton reminds me that there’s something spectacular in the caterwauling nine lives of a cat, and if that’s not an intelligence all its own, of course the tests don’t matter.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2021

For three days Samuel lay in bed, fighting the fever phantoms and putting names to them too, before his great strength broke down the infection and drove it caterwauling away.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck