Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

But outside, the winds were howling and the snow was swirling.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2021

On some occasions when a researcher would pick up one of the candy bar–size primates, the animal would open its mouth wide as if it were howling, but no sound would come out.

From National Geographic • Jan. 28, 2021

They were howling, decrying, persisting, transmuting their fears and transmitting them as well: Putting them on the moon.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2017

Williams tried playing golf, needing the serenity more than ever, but his knees were howling at him.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2016

The engines were howling again as though in pain, and the air inside the plane was acrid with the smell of machinery and fetid with the stench of gasoline.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller