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Meanings of ululation in English

Catalan
udol
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A long loud emotional utterance.

udol
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Examples for "howling"
Examples for "howling"
1
He may have missed it in the infernal howling of the brute.
The Iron Game: A Tale of the War
2
The howling of the storm mingled with the shrieks of the sea-fowl.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction
3
But in the distance this was answered by the howling of multitudes.
Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero
4
She blacked the base burner and gave the howling Adam a bath.
Lydia of the Pines
5
A howling from outside the Dar family's open window interrupts the story.
The Guardian
1
Soon afterward, a flash and howl spoke eloquently of interesting events outside.
Surrender to the will of the night
2
No; its repetition told us what it was-thehowl of the prairie-wolf.
The War Trail: The Hunt of the Wild Horse
3
But the boys in khaki jam the theater and howl their approval.
The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me
4
That said, they're also going to howl if it's just boringly rote.
Wired
5
The work is the Australian composer's howl of rage at environmental destruction.
Radio NZ
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