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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hou-ling |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhaʊ lɪŋ |
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Définition of howling
Origin :- early 13c., houlen, probably ultimately of imitative origin; similar formations are found in other Germanic languages. Related: Howled; howling. As a noun from 1590s.
- noun long, painful cry
- Now the wind came like a wolf down the Murchison Pass, howling and moaning.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- I was prodding for my food into a camp-kettle when they were howling for their pap.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- It was simply a concert of howling monkeys that had so terrified me!
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- In an instant the little room was filled with howling, fighting men.
- Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- It's sent as a warning to repent you of your sins, and it's howling because it hates to go back.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- She was howling and struggling, and it was impossible to think of touching her at that moment.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- With the bursting open of the door, the noise of their howling had increased tremendously.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- Out into the darkness to the forward pontoon rushed the howling mob.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- White Fang was howling as dogs howl when their masters lie dead.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- He could not encounter that howling horde with his tail and hind-quarters.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
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