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Meanings of ululation in English

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udol
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A long loud emotional utterance.

udol
Usage of ululation in English
1
The ululation among the Chitchatuk continued even after the hunters returned empty-handed.
The Hyperion Cantos
2
The doors closed behind her with a ululation of cold air.
The Naked God
3
And there again, shrill and inevitable, was the ululation sweeping across the island.
Lord of the Flies
4
At the same time the wolfish wind rose to daemoniac crescendoes of ululation.
The Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft
5
The ululation of rage long denied, now suddenly unleashed, filled the humid air.
Shadow's son
6
It was a hollow ululation rising and falling, gaining in volume.
Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad
7
At each savage moan or ululation, the three would catch each other's eyes.
Perdido Street Station
8
Then a quiet ululation went up from the victims' benches.
The Guardian
9
As the doors open, she is greeted by ululation.
The South African
10
It must be that ululation came from human throats.
All souls' rising
11
The persistent ululation began to get upon my nerves.
The War of the Wenuses
12
Eric raised his head and achieved a faint ululation by beating on his open mouth.
Lord of the Flies
13
From the direction of the gymnosperm forest there came the mournful ululation of a carrion-breed pack.
The Hyperion Cantos
14
Again, the unbearable ululation swept through his mind.
Millennium
15
Some of them had infants at their bare breasts, who drowsed quietly with intervals of ululation.
Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People
16
It was an ululation over by the seashore-andnow the next savage answered and the next.
Lord of the Flies
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Translations for ululation
Ululation through the time