as in howl
a loud vocal expression of strong emotion
the cat gave a yowl of anger
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as in to complain
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
a bitterly cold winter that had people yowling about their heating bills
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Recent Examples of yowl
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024
There are whistles and toe taps and yowls and warbles and percussion produced by acrylic nails.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2024
Cameron Winter yowls a cappella, with a delivery that would do Jon Spencer proud, before a distorted guitar spirals over pattering drums.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 29 Nov. 2023
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Noun
The Two Towers Gollum’s introduction Video: New Line Cinema
Gollum is such a little brat, but his first keening yowl is also pathetic, pitiful, and unforgettable.
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When injured or in pain, bobcats squall, creating a sharp sort of yowling sound.
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Pundits complained last year’s Cannes was a light affair, but that had to do with the bottleneck created by the strikes, for one.—
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Ranchers complain about predation on their herds and city dwellers fear having wolves living too close for comfort.—
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The other side: Democrats are howling at the GOP's full embrace of using a current policy score to lower the cost of extending Trump's 2017 tax cuts.—
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Bing then started barking and howling as Watts smiled, before a series of clips played of Bing sending off other stars on the film.—
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Furrowed brows, smiles, shouts and tears occupied the faces of passionate protesters, who bellowed chants that echoed off the concrete sky-rise buildings.—
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On the basketball court below, players’ shouts reverberate off the walls, as a banana vendor ambles along the baseline.—
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Polley’s Polley ends up (understandably) screaming in frustration when Matt pratfalls his way into the shot, a tantrum the indie director could hardly relate to as someone known for facilitating calm, peaceful productions on intimate character studies.—
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Footage shared on social media has shown moviegoers screaming, tossing buckets of popcorn in the air and enthusiastically applauding.—
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Raising the ceiling is often preceded by lots of drama—social security benefits and payments for Medicare and Medicaid will be in danger, are routine cries—as a deadline approaches.—
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The message was as a rallying cry by one of China’s most prominent tech leaders to a company going through one of the most tumultuous times in its history.—
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Callie hasn’t done much but whine about her suspension and yearn for a more meaningful connection with her mom this season, so a surprise killer role might shake things up for her storyline.—
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Sun Sentinel Dave Hyde: No need to overanalyze or whine — Heat suffering from Butler’s sabotage The Heat have lost eight straight games in a season gone south since Jimmy Butler quit on them and was traded.—
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Expect to hear the unmistakable wail of a vintage F1 car echoing across the speedway, the guttural roar of classic V8s ripping through gears, and the shriek of modern hypercars proving their worth on the track.—
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While studying a rare species whose mating call appears to be the frightening shrieks the team has been hearing in the woods, the pair hired Kodiak (McHale) as their guide.—
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Ramirez said the detectives had found belongings near the storm drain entrance and heard what sounded like a woman moaning from inside the storm drain.—
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Others had their heads and arms bandaged and were lined up on stretchers, moaning.—
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“Yowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yowl. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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