yowls 1 of 2

plural of yowl

yowls

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of yowl

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for yowls
Noun
  • Isaac’s Oliver shouts of his typical watering hole.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Their shouts came from them with surety.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Gimme Credit also complains that a run of acquisitions in both food and beverages have added $5 billion to PepsiCo’s debt in just the first half of 2025.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The President reportedly watches hours of cable news every day, and frequently complains about coverage in real time.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The ugly episode drew howls from those lawmakers in both parties who are calling to tone down the hostilities and focus on legislating, not seeking attention on social media.
    Mike Lillis, The Hill, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The screams, the reason everyone assembles, when the screams come, after a few collective inhales and exhales and a moment to gather one’s thoughts, the screams come like long guttural howls.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The cries of the bird caught by the bat matched those of the European robin.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The cries and coos Lydia and all the other Fairfield mothers made around her little sister made Catherine sick.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Police said the officers encountered Billings prior to hearing screams at the park.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2025
  • So why does the sight of her, bottle-blonde and clad in a green dress that screams vintage Dream Factory glitz, still give off such deflating Jenny-from-the-block vibes?
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • They are known to work in teams when hunting, and communicate with chirps, growls, whistles and body language.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Go grab your passport, a wad of bail money, and enough thirst for wine that growls at history and food that tastes like the ocean punched you in the mouth.
    John Noakes, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Yowls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yowls. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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