howl
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On “Love You Right,” a track with deep bass and a gospel-inflected piano line, her voice builds to a wild howl as she sings about how human connection makes transcending hardship possible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
“The howl of wolves,” we are told, “still filled the night air.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
"It is a howl of pain," said one minister, reflecting that so many people in the Labour Party this weekend are hurting.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
"It's okay to jump up and down and howl at the moon," he added.
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
This growl that if I let it out, it will burst from my jowls and howl forever.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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
While both are scarce, there are some differences between the colossal machines that produce semiconductors and the children’s toys that produce howls of pain when stepped on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 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
But the response that drew howls was to someone who said he had invested in all of Palihapitiya’s SPACs.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026
The Colonel throws back his head and howls with laughter.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Pub owners, lawmakers, travel writers and travel drinkers all howled in protest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Landlords howled that they were squeezed by rising costs of their own, with a rent freeze for some buildings potentially on the horizon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 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
William Harris left his childhood home in Altadena early Wednesday morning as the Santa Ana winds howled outside and a destructive firestorm headed for his community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2025
Forcing himself upright, he filled his chest with air, put back his head and howled.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Muharemović hit the pitch, howling in pain, and was treated on the field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Caspian “C-Bird” Hollywell’s wide-eyed, frenetic energy and howling vocals come up against the sweet, mournful steel pedal guitar of suit-and-tie-wearing “Razor” Ramon Santos.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
Umpires are already howling about being second-guessed in public, no surprise there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
"To find wolf kills locally, ravens likely use short-range cues, like monitoring wolf behavior or listening to wolf howling," says Loretto.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 19, 2026
In the dark of night, they would prowl through the country howling and moaning; and biting everything that got close to them.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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