yowl
verb (used without object)
to utter a long, distressful or dismal cry, as an animal or a person; howl.
yowling
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present participleof yowl.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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She was making her way from the parking lot to the hospital when she heard yowling coming from some bushes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2024
"It's three-tiered, with a nasal low register, a yowling, cutting middle range and a high register so startlingly clear it sounds like a falsetto," Pareles wrote in a 1987 concert review.
From Reuters ● May 24, 2023
The yowling prince Lewis Capaldi has made hay from singing himself hoarse, his hits filled with raw eruptions of schlock so potent they transcend past corn into something far more cooked.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
They released the dog and watched from a distance as he ran from one grave to another, then jumped on Jessica’s and started yowling.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2021
He stood on the far bank, barking encouragingly, but the old dog whined in such distress, the cat yowling in chorus, that he swam across again, paddling around in the shallows near the bank.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
