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Yowl

verb

Cry loudly, as of animals. Synonyms: howl, wrawl, yammer.

Utter shrieks, as of cats. Synonym: caterwaul.

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"Yowl" Quotes from Famous Books

... expressed in a leap to the side of his mistress. As Harry sat down, he discovered that Cyrus had occupied the favored place beside Pauline. Next instant there was a yowl of dismay and the adored gift of Lucille fell several feet ...

— The Perils of Pauline • Charles Goddard

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... them. And it was known That Uncle Mart slipped up sometimes alone And drew the ladder in, to lie and moon Over some novel all the afternoon. And one time Johnty, from the crowd below,— Outraged to find themselves deserted so— Threw bodily their old black cat up in The airy fastness, with much yowl and din. Resulting, while a wild periphery Of cat went circling to another tree, And, in impassioned outburst, Uncle Mart Loomed up, and ...

— A Child-World • James Whitcomb Riley

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... Tomcat caught sight of the cage and, uttering a fearful yowl, sprang upon it, With one blow of his claws he tore open the lid, when, instead of the dainty morsel ...

— Good Stories For Great Holidays - Arranged for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud and for the - Children's Own Reading • Frances Jenkins Olcott

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Words linked to "Yowl" : shout, outcry, let loose, shrill, let out, emit, utter, pipe up, pipe, vociferation, yell, cry, call, shriek