I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cry/howl/bellow etc of rage
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She remembered his cries of rage as he was taken away.
a dog howls (= makes a long loud sound like a wolf )
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We knew something was wrong because the dogs were howling.
a howling gale (= one that makes a lot of noise )
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The ship was drifting towards the shore in a howling gale.
the wind howls (= makes a lot of noise )
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The wind howled round the house all night.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
wind
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The wind would howl up the close entrances and whistle up the stairs.
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Then a fierce wind howled through the forest and over the camps, spreading alarm everywhere.
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The train was still inside the tunnel, the wind howling like a mad banshee through the open windows.
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For six weeks after our arrival it rained almost continually and the wind howled melancholy dirges around our chimneys and doors.
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The wind howled , and my feet were cold.
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Huge waves rose, and the wind howled .
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It was very dark, and the wind howled horribly around her, but Dorothy found she was riding quite easily.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be a howling success
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Dave howled in pain as Ranzell beat him.
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Many businesses are howling that they will not be able to operate efficiently under the new regulations.
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Strong winds howled across the region.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Do not be put off if some are howling.
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For six weeks after our arrival it rained almost continually and the wind howled melancholy dirges around our chimneys and doors.
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One boy in my class howled and cried almost the whole of every day.
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The wind was howling and the temperature was dropping fast.
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Their world became a blinding wall of white, howling towards them, too fast for thought or action.
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We were side-slipping, starboard wing down, falling to earth with our engines howling.
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White kicked off her shoes and the audience howled, for under her fishnet stockings were toes stuck with corn plasters.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Again the howl , as if one of Satan's demons was rising from the pit of Hell.
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Again the howl , nearer, more drawn out, chilling the heart as well as the blood.
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He heard a howl which seemed to rise from the very bowels of the earth: long, cruel and haunting.
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He let out a howl , and his hands flew off the steering wheel.
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He twisted around toward the one who had him in his grasp, and let out a guttural, weird howl .
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Her words were not words but howls, her fists beating her chest.
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Inevitably there would be howls of protest but there are several valid responses to these.
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Sorry as I felt for him, those howls nearly undid me.