howling
producing or uttering a howling noise: a howling mob.
desolate, dismal, or dreary: a howling wilderness.
Informal. very great; tremendous: a howling success.
Origin of howling
1Other words from howling
- howl·ing·ly, adverb
Words Nearby howling
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How to use howling in a sentence
That morning, the howling grew louder, and the rain came harder.
Barbados Resists Climate Colonialism in an Effort to Survive the Costs of Global Warming | by Abrahm Lustgarten | July 27, 2022 | ProPublicaI watched as another officer pulled Otto’s stuffed dinosaur, Puppy, out of his toddler clutches so they could scan its fluffy body, and even after my family was out of sight, I could still hear Otto’s howling.
The Disempowering Experience of Flying as a Disabled Person | Rebekah Taussig | November 1, 2021 | TimeBut few things inspire more howling from writers than that post-publication Bataan death march known as the book tour.
Dumps and Death Threats, Hecklers and Vindication: True Tales from Today’s DIY Book Tour | Bill Morris | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI had expected Alaska to be miserably cold, with howling winds and fierce storms.
Visiting the Arctic Circle…Before It’s Irreversibly Changed | Terry Greene Sterling | April 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTConservative groups spent Tuesday howling at Boehner's betrayal.
House Passes Clean Debt Ceiling Extension With Limited GOP Support | Ben Jacobs | February 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
After all, a number of writers are howling about it and it clearly serves as an obstacle in the current era of voting.
Then, she gets on the hood of his Ferrari, hikes up her skirt, and… grinds on it to completion, howling with ecstasy.
The 10 Best Movie Sex Scenes of 2013: ‘Blue Is the Warmest Color,’ ‘Spring Breakers,’ and More | Marlow Stern | December 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe falling dew, and the howling wind raised him not from that bed of lonely despair.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterA fearsome thunderstorm or howling tornado of dust might reveal her fickleness of mood at any moment.
The Red Year | Louis TracyAnd with that the host gave him such a kick as sent him howling into the street, amidst the roars of the company.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousThe wind is howling, and the rain is pelting against the parlour windows of the Banking-house, whose blinds are drawn close down.
For the cry is gone round about the border of Moab: the howling thereof unto Gallim, and unto the well of Elim the cry thereof.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various
British Dictionary definitions for howling
/ (ˈhaʊlɪŋ) /
(prenominal) informal (intensifier): a howling success; a howling error
Derived forms of howling
- howlingly, adverb
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