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as in yowl
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Recent Examples of meow
Finally, one of the traps triggered and Francine’s meows could be heard.
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John Raby, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Banner headlines pound away at us that vibe coding is invincible and the cat’s meow.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Peanut reportedly enjoyed his time at the bar, interacting with guests and earning the nickname Screech for his distinctive meow.
—Michael Nied, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Sometimes when his mouth opens in a meow, little to no sound comes out.
—Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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John Raby, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Banner headlines pound away at us that vibe coding is invincible and the cat’s meow.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Peanut reportedly enjoyed his time at the bar, interacting with guests and earning the nickname Screech for his distinctive meow.
—Michael Nied, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Sometimes when his mouth opens in a meow, little to no sound comes out.
—Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for meow
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meow
Noun
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At the time, the two girls were seen as rivals, with Debbie’s theatrical voice vs. Tiffany’s countrified yowl.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
14 Sep. 2025
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Squeeze the throttle pedal firmly to the carpet and the engine room answers with more forward thrust, the 9-speed kicking down several gears nearly instantly, and the car rushing onward with accompaniment of a classic but subtle straight six yowl.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The picture, showing Prince Andrew with his arm around Virginia Giuffre (then Roberts) at what was said to be Ghislaine Maxwell’s mews house in London, has dogged Andrew ever since it was first published.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
13 Oct. 2025
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Social media has greatly intensified this process; peep a scene like phonk, which devolved from ‘90s Memphis rap homage to a sewage stream of electronic beats to lift weights and mew to.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Honeysuckle is a multi-stem plant with light-colored bark and dark vertical stripes.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
19 Feb. 2026
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Let the bark chill in the fridge, and break it into chunks once fully cooled.—
Ashley Oerman,
SELF,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Yesterday a bird’s chirp startled me, sounding for the swiftest second, like the beginning of a warning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Feb. 2026
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For many of us, our truest Valentine has four legs, a wagging tail, a gentle purr or a happy chirp.—
Cathy M. Rosenthal,
San Antonio Express-News,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Then Vahid hears the telltale squeak of Peg Leg’s prosthetic leg.—
Tim Grierson,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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Carlile put her emphatic phrasing into the patriotic hymn, elongating notes and smiling at herself after a slight vocal squeak at the end.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This causes a blast of high-energy radiation called a gamma-ray burst (GRB), a final screech of gravitational waves, and sends out a spray of neutron-rich matter, which allows a process to occur that generates very heavy but unstable elements.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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The only noise is the dip-dip of oars and the ethereal screech of horseshoe bats.—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The parrot responded by barking, a real yip like a small dog.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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He was missed — especially vocally — since Gill’s angelic voice does not, in any way shape or form, resemble Walsh’s charmingly out-of-pitch squawk-talk style.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
25 Jan. 2026
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Toy keyboard plinks and saxophone squawks spiral over a booming racket of drums in the ether, slyly threatening to collapse, like an elaborate plate-spinning act.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Meow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meow. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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