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Recent Examples of ululate
Weeping and caressing the lifeless Rahaf in her arms, the baby’s mother, Hejar Abu Jazar, kept ululating in despair.
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Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025
Individual voices — chanting, ululating, cracking, squealing, howling — gradually emerge over speakers, as does a soft, smooth choral harmony underneath.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2020
No, but their enjoyment of their visit to The Bean stands to be dramatically impaired if the immediately surrounding area becomes a boisterous daily forum for competing religious, political and social activists ululating for attention.
—Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com, 17 Sep. 2019
Memes of women praising the crown prince and ululating in celebration danced around the Internet.
—Ben Hubbard, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2019
Women ululated as Francis and the king walked along the promenade of the Hassan Tower complex under umbrellas.
—Amira El Masaiti, The Seattle Times, 31 Mar. 2019
The crowd ululates and the black BMW disappears as supporters cut toward it.
—Laignee Barron / Kedah, Time, 8 May 2018
Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025
Individual voices — chanting, ululating, cracking, squealing, howling — gradually emerge over speakers, as does a soft, smooth choral harmony underneath.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2020
No, but their enjoyment of their visit to The Bean stands to be dramatically impaired if the immediately surrounding area becomes a boisterous daily forum for competing religious, political and social activists ululating for attention.
—Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com, 17 Sep. 2019
Memes of women praising the crown prince and ululating in celebration danced around the Internet.
—Ben Hubbard, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2019
Women ululated as Francis and the king walked along the promenade of the Hassan Tower complex under umbrellas.
—Amira El Masaiti, The Seattle Times, 31 Mar. 2019
The crowd ululates and the black BMW disappears as supporters cut toward it.
—Laignee Barron / Kedah, Time, 8 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ululate
Verb
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Even those who lingered an hour or so after the Bulls’ 125-107 win over the Dallas Mavericks howled for the other game.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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Somewhere in the distance, animals skitter and howl, unseen but heard.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Heads hung low, players consoling one another or screaming obscenities at no one in particular, the care factor off the charts.—
Mirjam Swanson The Orange County Register,
Arkansas Online,
22 Jan. 2026
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Kelly and others screaming such obscenities as parishioners enter and exit the sanctuary has culminated in the parish’s requests for police escorts.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Ululate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ululate. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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