yowl
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But they had connected him to a current of fury, and the urge to yowl for justice or revenge flooded his throat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
He lacked the abrasiveness or gruffness found in many metal singers, opting instead for a theatrical melodic yowl with silvery overtones.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2025
Adam looks up from his phone every now and again and starts to see a chair in his apartment rocking of its own free will; his cats gather at the door and yowl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
At 61, Rose's vocals aren't what they once were, but he can still pull off a wolverine yowl when he warms up - and his snarling delivery remains convincingly menacing.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2023
An outraged yowl arose as the infant was exposed to air.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
He had heard a tip from some former clients that the mournful yowls of lynx had been heard overnight near the public viewing area, so we reinstalled ourselves nearby on his secret mountain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Other breeds like Pomeranians and Chihuahuas are equally vocal, albeit with yips and yowls rather than bellowing howls.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2023
Robotnik, who also goes by the name Eggman, eggs them on with gleeful yowls.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
Actually, sometimes he yowls at 4AM because he doesn’t like eating alone, making us sit with him as he chows down on kibble.
From The Verge ● Dec. 24, 2021
Barks, yowls, grunts and hyena laughter filled the air.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
The poor creature mewed and yowled so piteously that he could not help feeling sorry for it.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2022
John Wall skipped and yowled at the end of practice Saturday.
From Washington Times ● May 14, 2017
In "Tupelo," Cave yowled of a prodigal infant born into the world, its future preordained.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2014
Westerberg and Stinson yowled their vocals like stray cats, and Foley crisply, deftly negotiated the rhythmic turns on "Merry Go Round."
From Chicago Tribune ● Jul. 5, 2011
“I say it’s bad, it gets —” Grover yowled so loudly the register downstairs stopped ringing.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
In one number, Swinton, who goes glossy-eyed to show the cracks in her high-fashion veneer, poses in a transparent rain slicker while bleating raw, yowling noises that blend with the despairing strings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024
"It's three-tiered, with a nasal low register, a yowling, cutting middle range and a high register so startlingly clear it sounds like a falsetto," Pareles wrote in a 1987 concert review.
From Reuters ● May 24, 2023
The yowling prince Lewis Capaldi has made hay from singing himself hoarse, his hits filled with raw eruptions of schlock so potent they transcend past corn into something far more cooked.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
Then for the next four hours I heard a small boy crying, whimpering and yowling.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2021
“I’ve heard cats yowling so that they sound like babies with colicky bellies.”
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
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