yowled; yowling; yowls
1
: to utter a loud long cry of grief, pain, or distress : wail
2
: to complain or protest with or as if with yowls
: to express with yowling
: a loud long mournful wail or howl (as of a cat)
Examples of yowl in a Sentence
Verb
The cat was yowling outside.
He was yowling in pain.
Noun
the cat gave a yowl of anger
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Joan Morris, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Whatever Laura’s up to involves circles and water and whatever’s gone wrong with Oliver — and, quite possibly, her pet dog (dead and stuffed) and cat (alive and yowling through the movie).
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
Squeeze the throttle pedal firmly to the carpet and the engine room answers with more forward thrust, the 9-speed kicking down several gears nearly instantly, and the car rushing onward with accompaniment of a classic but subtle straight six yowl.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Normally, howling and yowling in the presence of another cat is not a good sign.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Whatever Laura’s up to involves circles and water and whatever’s gone wrong with Oliver — and, quite possibly, her pet dog (dead and stuffed) and cat (alive and yowling through the movie).
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
Noun
At the time, the two girls were seen as rivals, with Debbie’s theatrical voice vs. Tiffany’s countrified yowl.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
Squeeze the throttle pedal firmly to the carpet and the engine room answers with more forward thrust, the 9-speed kicking down several gears nearly instantly, and the car rushing onward with accompaniment of a classic but subtle straight six yowl.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
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“Yowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yowl. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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