as in howl
a loud vocal expression of strong emotion
the cat gave a yowl of anger
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as in to complain
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
a bitterly cold winter that had people yowling about their heating bills
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Recent Examples of yowl
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024
There are whistles and toe taps and yowls and warbles and percussion produced by acrylic nails.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2024
Cameron Winter yowls a cappella, with a delivery that would do Jon Spencer proud, before a distorted guitar spirals over pattering drums.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 29 Nov. 2023
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Noun
The Two Towers Gollum’s introduction Video: New Line Cinema
Gollum is such a little brat, but his first keening yowl is also pathetic, pitiful, and unforgettable.
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When injured or in pain, bobcats squall, creating a sharp sort of yowling sound.
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Nobody is complaining about the bang for the buck regarding Betts or the Dodgers.—
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The crowds have since grown, but with more teams at fewer sites, some teams have complained about logistics like sharing court space, finding enough hotels and the travel schedule.—
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The other side: Democrats are howling at the GOP's full embrace of using a current policy score to lower the cost of extending Trump's 2017 tax cuts.—
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Bing then started barking and howling as Watts smiled, before a series of clips played of Bing sending off other stars on the film.—
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Democrats responded with shouts from the floor, displays of protest signs, and silence.—
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Zelenskyy arrived to shouts of support from people who had gathered outside of 10 Downing St., where Starmer gave him a hug and ushered him inside.—
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Yet no other sweet treat screams Easter like PEEPS® candy does.—
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Hernández screams again while wearing a shiny blue jumpsuit similar to one Benson Boone donned for the Grammys.—
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Raising the ceiling is often preceded by lots of drama—social security benefits and payments for Medicare and Medicaid will be in danger, are routine cries—as a deadline approaches.—
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As Evans and the others sat back down, a cry came out from the back of the peanut gallery.—
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Callie hasn’t done much but whine about her suspension and yearn for a more meaningful connection with her mom this season, so a surprise killer role might shake things up for her storyline.—
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Sun Sentinel Dave Hyde: No need to overanalyze or whine — Heat suffering from Butler’s sabotage The Heat have lost eight straight games in a season gone south since Jimmy Butler quit on them and was traded.—
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While studying a rare species whose mating call appears to be the frightening shrieks the team has been hearing in the woods, the pair hired Kodiak (McHale) as their guide.—
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Common to woodlands, scrublands, savanna and villages across most of East Africa, they can be found in small flocks, usually making a variety of noisy scolds and shrieks at anyone within earshot.—
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This was a departure from Mourinho and Conte, who both moaned about investment, attacked the club culture, exited unceremoniously, and bad-mouthed them afterward.—
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At the time of its release, fancy people who considered themselves film aficionados moaned that Dumb and Dumber was the beginning of the end of civilization.—
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“Yowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yowl. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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