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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
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
By the fourth quarter, this game was over, leaving it to Kennard to send the crowd howling into the night by supplying three fourth-quarter treys on three attempts and making a Game 1 MVP out of Rob Pelinka.
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Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 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
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
By the fourth quarter, this game was over, leaving it to Kennard to send the crowd howling into the night by supplying three fourth-quarter treys on three attempts and making a Game 1 MVP out of Rob Pelinka.
—
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 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.
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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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But his crying scene in Ford v Ferrari is one for the ages.
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An open 911 line allowed dispatchers to hear gunshots and people screaming inside the building.
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But doing grand openings and screaming out loud doesn't resonate with the brand.
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Raph and Grant keep tasting wasabi Oreos, with Raph shrieking and Grant grimacing.
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The dark cellos of Guðnadóttir chop and grind, and Washington—shrieking, swiping, maddened at the air—flees into the forest, a disappearing uniform.
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The announcement follows mounting pressure on the prime minister after Labour suffered heavy losses in local elections in May and faced an increasingly vocal rebellion from his own lawmakers over his leadership and policy agenda.
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While the singer-songwriter has been vocal about her disdain for generative AI models, her latest argument against it comes after learning hundreds of her own songs have been used for training purposes.
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Este is sad — Este is depressed-y.
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How sad or scary is ‘Toy Story 5’?
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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 a heartbreaking scene outside the residence, as captured on video by ABC 7, family members are seen wailing and distraught, surrounded by police cars and neighbors.
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Automatic weapons blasting, tires squealing, the whole bit.
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There were no odd noises or squealing bearings to indicate the fan was having trouble.
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“Howling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/howling. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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