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
As I said, I don't think Hannity will cooperate and there's no doubt that there will be much shrieking and caterwauling about the freedom of the press and Hannity's sources being revealed.
From Salon • Jan. 5, 2022
She is a caterwauling singer, a graceless dancer, a cheerful butcher of good sense and the English language.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2020
There was lots of exciting testimony, full of pizazz, nonsensical yet rhyming refrains, and people who once had dignity caterwauling strangely in front of the cameras!
From Washington Post • Dec. 27, 2019
Naturally it shocked us half to death to hear somebody caterwauling at Father this way.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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