howling
Americanadjective
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producing or uttering a howling noise.
a howling mob.
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desolate, dismal, or dreary.
a howling wilderness.
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Informal. very great; tremendous.
a howling success.
adjective
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- howlingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of howling
Example Sentences
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The scandals surrounding the King's brother Andrew have been like a howling gale in recent weeks, but this was a moment of quiet and stillness.
From BBC
What’s powerful about Grace is that she’s howling for all parents, even the mostly happy ones.
From Los Angeles Times
“Did you hear that howling last night? It sounded like wolves?”
More fundamentally, Democratic howling about premiums is an indictment of the system their party built.
In my little corner of Silver Lake, 7 p.m. commenced a daily cacophonous communal concert of pots and pans banging, trombones and trumpets blaring, dogs and coyotes howling: a grateful group roar.
From Los Angeles Times
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