yowled; yowling; yowls
1
: to utter a loud long cry of grief, pain, or distress : wail
2
: to complain or protest with or as if with yowls
: to express with yowling
: a loud long mournful wail or howl (as of a cat)
Synonyms
Examples of yowl in a Sentence
Verb
The cat was yowling outside.
He was yowling in pain.
Noun
the cat gave a yowl of anger
Recent Examples on the Web
Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2024
When injured or in pain, bobcats squall, creating a sharp sort of yowling sound.
—The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2024
Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
The cat sometimes unleashed a penetrating yowl that reminded Ducrot of her husband’s final days.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
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Verb
The music video for the song weaves together footage from each of the sessions: Slash with his bandmates cutting the song live, Johnson getting into the groove, and Tyler yowling between harp bursts.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2024
When injured or in pain, bobcats squall, creating a sharp sort of yowling sound.
—The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2024
Noun
The guitar riffs recall how Mastodon sounded circa Leviathan, paired with Blythe’s inimitable yowls.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
The cat sometimes unleashed a penetrating yowl that reminded Ducrot of her husband’s final days.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
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“Yowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yowl. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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