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as in yelling
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as in crying
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as in screaming
to make a long loud mournful sound
several coyotes began howling close by as the sun went down the wind howled on the open plain
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as in shrieking
to cry out loudly and emotionally
the boy howled in pain when his baby sister bit him
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Recent Examples of howling
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
In the elk- and deer-rich areas of northern Yellowstone National Park, ravens are often among the first scavengers to arrive on the scene, swooping down to feast on scraps left behind by the howling canines.
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Nidhi Sharma,
Popular Science,
12 Mar. 2026
The City of Aurora, Illinois, is touting a howling success.
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Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
With relentless howling wind making up much of the soundtrack, The Turin Horse was a chilling, enigmatic stunner that played like a metaphor for the apocalypse.
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Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
6 Jan. 2026
After the rain stopped, there was a strange howling sound from the wind that was loud, constant, and all night long.
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Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
Aaron Chown—Press Association via AP Images People remove a new artwork by Banksy, depicting a howling wolf painted on a satellite dish that was placed on a shop roof in Peckham, south London.
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Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
Get ready for a wild ride in Kansas City as a weather system will send temperatures plummeting and usher in howling winds, rain and maybe some light snow on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.
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Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
19 Mar. 2025
Burning telephone poles blocked lanes and black soot swept across the pavement, blown by the howling winds.
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Sean Greene,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
Gary ad-libbed to the sound of howling winds and ominous metal scraping.
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Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
21 June 2026
With a pummelling rhythm and howling guitar, the new song from fata morgana makes a desperate race against the doom loop.
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Harry Tafoya,
Pitchfork,
10 June 2026
Lucy’s harebrained schemes constantly sent Ricky over the edge — and had audiences howling with laughter.
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Huntley Woods,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 June 2026
In the ongoing fight for women’s equal rights, Pawol had proved a female baseball umpire can be second-guessed, proved wrong and humiliated by technology and mocked by howling fans on social media just like a man can.
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Miami Herald,
2 June 2026
There’s no better time to swap scary stories than when the wind is howling and candles are flickering.
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Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
Elsewhere, Paula Rego’s two self portraits from 2017 show the artist howling through expressive pastel strokes.
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Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2026
When the evening kill was made, usually around 10 or 11 o’clock, howling would start again.
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Frank Glaser,
Outdoor Life,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
Either that, or the Daily Mail editors had a howling good time with publication dates.
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Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
In the elk- and deer-rich areas of northern Yellowstone National Park, ravens are often among the first scavengers to arrive on the scene, swooping down to feast on scraps left behind by the howling canines.
—
Nidhi Sharma,
Popular Science,
12 Mar. 2026
The City of Aurora, Illinois, is touting a howling success.
—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
With relentless howling wind making up much of the soundtrack, The Turin Horse was a chilling, enigmatic stunner that played like a metaphor for the apocalypse.
—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
6 Jan. 2026
After the rain stopped, there was a strange howling sound from the wind that was loud, constant, and all night long.
—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
Aaron Chown—Press Association via AP Images People remove a new artwork by Banksy, depicting a howling wolf painted on a satellite dish that was placed on a shop roof in Peckham, south London.
—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
Get ready for a wild ride in Kansas City as a weather system will send temperatures plummeting and usher in howling winds, rain and maybe some light snow on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.
—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
19 Mar. 2025
Burning telephone poles blocked lanes and black soot swept across the pavement, blown by the howling winds.
—
Sean Greene,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
Then, just as suddenly, the din fades away, the focus shifts and the election process is forgotten until the next round of howling protest.
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Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
Gary ad-libbed to the sound of howling winds and ominous metal scraping.
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Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
21 June 2026
With a pummelling rhythm and howling guitar, the new song from fata morgana makes a desperate race against the doom loop.
—
Harry Tafoya,
Pitchfork,
10 June 2026
Lucy’s harebrained schemes constantly sent Ricky over the edge — and had audiences howling with laughter.
—
Huntley Woods,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 June 2026
In the ongoing fight for women’s equal rights, Pawol had proved a female baseball umpire can be second-guessed, proved wrong and humiliated by technology and mocked by howling fans on social media just like a man can.
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Miami Herald,
2 June 2026
There’s no better time to swap scary stories than when the wind is howling and candles are flickering.
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Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
Elsewhere, Paula Rego’s two self portraits from 2017 show the artist howling through expressive pastel strokes.
—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2026
When the evening kill was made, usually around 10 or 11 o’clock, howling would start again.
—
Frank Glaser,
Outdoor Life,
1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for howling
Adjective
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Think Pictionary, but with way more yelling and questionable drawings.
Adjective
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Day broke, bathing everything in light, and so great was the vitality of the early-morning sun that even the unhappy city seemed to smile a wan, sad smile.
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But SpringHill really took off in 2020, two seasons into James’ Lakers term, when The SpringHill Company went public (and the Lakers won the sad COVID-bubble NBA Championship).
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The couple’s relationship began with a friendship bracelet and a podcast shout-out in July 2023, and by September Swift was screaming profanities in support of her new favorite football player.
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As Rayan began screaming, al-Ajeen, whose family has long farmed in the area, picked up his son and began walking again.
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Kids are shrieking through their favorite splash pads, faces sticky with Bomb Pop juice and joy.
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Raph and Grant keep tasting wasabi Oreos, with Raph shrieking and Grant grimacing.
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Since then, Emilie Kiser has been vocal on social media about water safety for children, urging parents to install pool fences and door alarms with working batteries, and ensuring children have swimming sessions.
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The Voice Season 29 winner Alexia Jayy will also have a special vocal performance.
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The memoir shows little interest in the gambler’s psychology or the keening dramas of the floor.
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This sequence, with its onstage vengeance, despair and keening dialogue, and its offstage look at how Kikuo’s triumph affects the two people closest to him, is one of the most powerful in the movie.
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Those themes are compelling on paper, but they’re expressed through a confusing mix of abstraction and hyper-local specificity, hidden beneath biker rock riffs, and obscured through Allbrook’s wiry, wailing vocal delivery.
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Families broken Noemi, a Guatemalan mother and asylum seeker, stood in the parking lot at an ICE office north of Los Angeles, her three children wailing and clinging to her, glass from the family's car scattered at their feet.
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In the clip, Niney is pictured talking calmly on his cell phone as Gasly races around him in the Alpine car, squealing the tires.
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Pigs that were being hauled by the semi could be heard squealing at the scene.
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“Howling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/howling. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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