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also miaow
as in yowl
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Recent Examples of meow
Candice Bergen made her mark quickly and then punctuated it with a pointed meow.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2024
The cat meows at me and bird-watches by the window facing the street.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 5 Aug. 2024
These days every Fantasia screening begins with a cacophony of meows — timed by the audience to start and stop at black leader.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024
It’s been 20 years since Catwoman, and Halle Berry is still the cat’s meow.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 1 July 2024
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2024
The cat meows at me and bird-watches by the window facing the street.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 5 Aug. 2024
These days every Fantasia screening begins with a cacophony of meows — timed by the audience to start and stop at black leader.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024
It’s been 20 years since Catwoman, and Halle Berry is still the cat’s meow.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 1 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for meow
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meow
Noun
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The guitar riffs recall how Mastodon sounded circa Leviathan, paired with Blythe’s inimitable yowls.Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
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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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Additionally, lots of people are traveling and being in mew spaces, especially in legal states.Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, the mews house sports soaring vaulted ceilings, reclaimed wood floors, a kitchen, and a dining area.Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 July 2024
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One drawback is that the brightly colored bark only appears with age.Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
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One way that lead could accumulate in cinnamon tree bark is when trees are cultivated in contaminated soil.Katarzyna Kordas, Discover Magazine, 7 Dec. 2024
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The honey hunters themselves interact with honeyguide birds the same way, following their chirps to the hives.Scott Travers, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Mating calls: Male crickets chirp to attract females.Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2024
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And on Thursday night, Ken Carter was one of about two dozen people inside a basketball gym, where the only signs a game was taking place were the squeaks of sneakers and four buzzers to signal the end of each quarter.Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
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There’s no dialogue, at least none decipherable to human ears — everything is a symphony of meows, woofs, squawks, grunts, squeaks, squeals and simian cries.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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Phill Simon and his family were sleeping in their Glen Park home when the screech of tornado alerts going off on their phones woke them up.Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024
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The climax is protracted but darkly thrilling: ugly secrets spill into the open, winged monkeys screech and scatter, and Elphaba comes into full possession of her powers.Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
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There’s no dialogue, at least none decipherable to human ears — everything is a symphony of meows, woofs, squawks, grunts, squeaks, squeals and simian cries.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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Flocks of sparrows and parrots chirp and squawk in the palms overhead.Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 9 June 2024
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Yappers, and those on the receiving end of their yap.Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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And his stupid off field noise was a distraction and just overall dumb (why yap at Deebo shut up and play).Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 12 July 2024
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“Meow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meow. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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