Example Sentences

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When darkness fell, the storm had been howling for hours.

From Time Magazine Archive

All this time the wind had been howling and the sea dashing fiercely against the rocks; indeed, the elements were in perfect accordance with the mad strife going forward on that isolated spot of earth.

From The Three Midshipmen by Prout, Victor

Jack said the dogs had been howling around the place for many nights and that always presaged a death in the family.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Indiana Narratives by Work Projects Administration

Although some of these very men had been howling like maniacs a short time before, yet they now were as quiet, and gentle, and amiable as lambs.

From Among the Brigands by De Mille, James

For the wind that had been howling outside like an outrageous dog had all of a sudden turned as melodious as the carol-boys of a Christmas eve.

From Humorous Ghost Stories by Scarborough, Dorothy