howl
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On “All Them Horses” Mr. Kahan ably channels Mr. Vernon’s falsetto howl on a song that uses a flood as a metaphor for personal transformation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
"It's okay to jump up and down and howl at the moon," he added.
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
Hanson let out a gleeful howl when he found one rising 2 feet above his head, representing 2 feet of growth every year since the KNP Complex fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
There is so much to shout and angst about - or might I say howl at the moon about.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
Wolf was so frightened that he wanted to howl.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Prior renovations to 24 Sussex have drawn howls of outrage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
In the summer, the temperature is always above 100; in the winter, the wind howls and shakes our townhouse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
Loudspeakers at O-World, which has been closed to visitors since Neukgu's escape, have been blaring wolf howls and park announcements - the ones that Neukgu grew up listening to.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
Short-range cues still matter: ravens might be following signals like wolf howls to find fresh kills at shorter distances.
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
Amid the sounds of tortured wood were the howls and whines of the dogs.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
My dad howled with laughter when I told him we were going to eat tacos with Steve Hilton.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
"It's been tearing me apart, I'm so sorry," he howled, as he revealed to the remaining faithfuls that he'd always been a traitor.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025
Customers howled at the delays and the random order in which the maps appeared.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
With howled, deadpan lyrics like on “Join in the Chant,” McCarthy set a template for how punk’s urgency could lock into dance music’s meticulousness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2025
This new order of things disgusted him, and he howled dismally for ‘Marmar’, as his angry passions subsided, and recollections of his tender bondwoman returned to the captive autocrat.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
It involves setting up cameras, howling throughout the night to try to get the animals to respond and sometimes driving hundreds of miles looking for tracks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Call off the swarms of lawyers and PR handlers, the howling about railroading and witch hunts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
We know that some of those mothers are still howling for help.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
Unverified images on social media show large plumes of smoke and flames rising into the sky in daytime, with air raid sirens howling in the background.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Poor Fig was locked in a metal cage, smothered with strange smells, and surrounded by furry howling inmates, while I sat here having breakfast.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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