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as in wail
a crying out in grief
we had to endure the puppy's mournful howls on her first night in our house
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as in shout
a loud vocal expression of strong emotion
heard howls of laughter from the children watching the clown's silly antics
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as in roar
a violent shouting
the crowd let out a howl of protest over the referee's call
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as in to scream
to cry out loudly and emotionally
the boy howled in pain when his baby sister bit him
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Recent Examples of howl
Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
Those howling winds, measured at speeds approaching 100 mph, fueled the ferocious firestorms that followed.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
However, a Wag Walking article says that wolves don't howl at the moon.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
The evening before, Diana Lieb had prepared for a stormy night in as winds howled outside her Altadena home.
—Claire Fahy, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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Verb
The force of the howling gusts sent embers flying for miles.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
Those howling winds, measured at speeds approaching 100 mph, fueled the ferocious firestorms that followed.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
However, a Wag Walking article says that wolves don't howl at the moon.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
The evening before, Diana Lieb had prepared for a stormy night in as winds howled outside her Altadena home.
—Claire Fahy, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for howl
Noun
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Sunday, June 8, 2025 Lake Como, Italy THE PARTY AT THE VILLA A single chilling wail erupts from the grand ballroom on Palazzo Mella’s ground floor, cutting through the whir of the choppers above.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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Mark and Helly, drawn to the wails of what sounds like an infant, open a door inside the Lumon complex and discover an all-white room with baby goats frolicking on bales of hay and one being bottle-fed by a man in a suit.—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The rapper went on to give a shout out a slew of neighborhoods across Los Angeles.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC News,
3 Feb. 2025
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For the second year, host Trevor Noah gave a shout out to Taylor Swift.—
Bryan West,
USA TODAY,
3 Feb. 2025
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At first a distant roar, everyone’s screams were drowned out by the first of the top rally cars tearing past.—
Raphael Orlove,
Robb Report,
6 Feb. 2025
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From the first Super Bowl in 1970 to the record-breaking roars of today, these images tell the story of a fanbase whose devotion has only grown stronger.—
Monty Davis,
Kansas City Star,
5 Feb. 2025
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The number of shrieking arguments in The Light is high even by the standards of the most extreme German angst.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Feb. 2025
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As Vance’s troubled mother, Adams shrieks a lot, which is not her specialty.—
Matthew Jacobs,
Vulture,
6 Dec. 2024
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There was the monotony, euphoria, and bemusement of performing the same show to 60,000 screaming fans night after night.—
Federico Fahsbender,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2025
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In San Diego this incited Beatlemania-volume screaming.—
Abby Aguirre,
Vogue,
11 Feb. 2025
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The fundamental elements of African American music were the sounds of enslaved Africans; cries, hollers, call and response, additive rhythms, bent notes, hand-clapping, stomps and constant repetition of rhythmic and melodic phrasing (from which riffs and vamps were derived).—
Ronald E. Scott,
New York Daily News,
1 Feb. 2025
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His pain pours out, like a long cry from Syria’s dungeons, a cry that was silenced during more than half a century of rule by brutal despots, Bashar al-Assad, and his father, Hafez, before him.—
Scott Peterson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
31 Jan. 2025
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This neighbor seems to keep complaining about noise but the noise is all around us!—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Pickleball noise has become a national scourge, The New York Times reported in June.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
11 Feb. 2025
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Natalie then continued to yell at Josh as Florian escorted her away from the conversation.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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At one point, the situation escalated when the passenger began yelling loudly and incoherently.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Howl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/howl. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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