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Examples of yowl
yowl
We motor around for 45 minutes as the residents squawk, yowl and dive around us.
From the washingtonpost.com
Sylvia, a luxurious Siamese-Manx, curls in the kitchen and emits a muted yowl.
From the sacbee.com
The creamy yowl of its V12 demanding attention, its svelte lines holding it.
From the telegraph.co.uk
She no longer accompanies every stroke with a hideous, drawn-out yowl.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
The yowl of the Yeti echoes from the newly completed Mount Everest.
From the economist.com
When emergency sirens pass by, all the dogs in my neighbourhood yowl.
From the newscientist.com
To the surprise of some and the relief of many, Wall Street reacted more with a yawn than a yowl.
From the time.com
And Ed Knowles'snarling, soulful yowl is a devilish piece of work.
From the nzherald.co.nz
I receive many letters from people with old cats such as yours who yowl and are restless at night.
From the stltoday.com
- Bellow: a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway"
- Howl: cry loudly, as of animals; "The coyotes were howling in the desert"
- Utter shrieks, as of cats
- A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl; Utter a yowl; Express by yowling; utter with a yowl
- (yowling) A sound that yowls
- (Yowling) This is an escalated version of growling, usually displayed when danger worsens.
- This low-pitched wail of dismay is more often heard in disoriented elderly cats than in kittens. But if your kitten gets stuck somewhere, the noise she'll use to convey her sorry state is a yowl. Female cats also yowl when they're in heat.
