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howling

[ UK /hˈa‍ʊlɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈhaʊɫɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
    had a rattling conversation about politics
    the film was fantastic!
    a tremendous achievement
    a marvelous collection of rare books
    a howling success
    a fantastic trip to the Orient
NOUN
  1. a long loud emotional utterance
    their howling had no effect
    he gave a howl of pain
    howls of laughter

How To Use howling In A Sentence

  • As luck would have it the winds had been howling onshore for almost a solid week.
  • But the howling vacuum had opened up inside her again, with its endless vistas of nothingness and no return, the harlequinade of grasping, painted lovers. Shortcut Man
  • He won the summit in the thick of howling wind and driving snow, providentially stumbling upon Trust
  • Any dog not in harness was howling and yelping to be put in one, and even when harnessed they continued with their wretched wailing until they were off and running.
  • You can just imagine the wind howling round outside while everyone crowds into a stone cottage, a fire roaring in the grate and a group of friends simply playing together for the sheer fun of it.
  • Having twirled in a frock, he dons jackboots to play Adolf Hitler in Springtime for Hitler, the production's howlingly awful play-within-a-play.
  • The dog was howling like a soul in torment.
  • That she-devil is outside; I heard her howling.
  • Then she ran off, faster than any wildcat, and the men went on howling and shrieking, trying to untangle those knots.
  • The game was played in dreadful conditions with driving rain and howling winds ruining the contest.
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