ululated

verb

past tense of ululate
as in howled
to make a long loud mournful sound Arab women ululating with grief

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  1. howled
  2. screamed
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  • These two characters have maybe two minutes of screentime between them, and yet a certain portion of the internet, and Elon Musk, have raged, gnashed teeth and howled to the wind about the way this denigrates a Greek classic.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • All Balogun playing did was make the Americans seem like bullies who just lost the fight as everyone else howled laughter.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026
Definition of howled
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  • Nearby, other passengers screamed and hollered for their lives.
    — Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
  • One passenger, identified only as Christina, told Thessaloniki radio that passengers panicked and screamed and that one passenger was partially sucked out of the window.
    — Costas Kantouris, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
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