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Example sentences for "howl"

Lexicographically close words:
however; howitzer; howitzers; howk; howkit; howld; howled; howler; howlers; howling
  1. A howl of anger rose from the attackers as the report of Thomas Ashley's gun followed quickly.

  2. With a howl of rage the man fell back, but sprang forward again as the youth, seizing the rein of Peggy's little mare, attempted to make a dash for liberty.

  3. Oh, won't the rebels howl when they find their victim gone?

  4. A howl of rage arose from the marauders, and they tore down the road like so many demons.

  5. In my 'top set' I hear the wind howl on a winter night, when the man on the ground floor believes it is perfectly still weather.

  6. All the rabid Hotel population of Boulogne howl and shriek outside a distant barrier, frantic to get at us.

  7. If bears or lions howl at me they'll get ammonia from my tree," she rhymed, exhibiting Benny's water pistol.

  8. That his aim was good was attested by a howl of anguish, succeeded this time not by more shots but by a scurrying sound of retreat.

  9. They were more dead than alive when, at seven o'clock, the Steam Beast uttered the last volcanic howl which said they might go home.

  10. It's natural for a dog to howl at his master's fun'ral.

  11. There was a howl of protest from the lusty Scruggs.

  12. When labor would howl its anathemas at Standard Oil, and the Rockefellers and other stout-hearted generals and captains of this band of merry money-makers would fall to discussing conciliation and retreat, it was always Henry H.

  13. Instead of being honored for our splendid efforts as evinced by our wealth, the people howl as though they had not equal chances with us.

  14. When this awful sentence was pronounced, all the auditory gave a pathetic and simultaneous sob; and as for Poinsinet, he sank back on his bed with a howl of terror, which would have melted a Visigoth to tears, or to laughter.

  15. A howl from an unfortunate black pug dog testified to the truth of this remark.

  16. They'll have more to howl for before I have done with them.

  17. And when I tore at my chain, they, seeing they were safe, would howl the more.

  18. He received the news with a howl of anguish.

  19. David emitted a howl of anguish, rage, and protest.

  20. The locusts no longer were heard in the grass, nor the howl of the dogs in the forest.

  21. The winds of folly and desolation howl about us; the sorrows of happiness are the worst to bear, and the wise soon learn that there is nothing to dream of but the end of desire.

  22. He worked on again, till a howl and a cry Told the Saint one more hour--the fifth--had gone by.

  23. Let them howl and rage round the holy place, till Abbot Thorold and the Frenchmen of the country rose and drove them to their ships.

  24. But the long howl had drawn nearer, invested with a new note of menace.

  25. This foreshadowing of the Messiah's coming brought a hoarse howl from the Sticks as they leaped to their feet.

  26. At last the howl of a wolf-dog cracked the silence from the direction of Forty-Mile.

  27. Tis more frightful far than the death-daemon's scream, Or the laughter of fiends when they howl o'er the corpse 25 Of a man who has sold his soul to Hell.

  28. Yet when the fierce swell of the tempest is raving, And the whirlwinds howl in the caves of Inisfallen, 35 Still secure mid the wildest war of the sky, The phantom courser scours the waste, And his rider howls in the thunder's roar.

  29. The Dummy joined them, making a hideous and lamentable noise which so affected Ellis that he pretended to howl at it like a little dog overcome by mournful music.

  30. Then be it so; let me perish on these black rocks, as I shall, and my bones be whitened by the chilly blasts which howl over their desolation.

  31. Such had been our position for about half-an-hour, when the howl of a wolf, close under the window of the cottage, fell on our ears.

  32. My father started up, and seized his gun: the howl was repeated, he examined the priming, and then hastily left the cottage, shutting the door after him.

  33. Then a howl of wrath descends and fills the sense of hearing, so that for the moment it is hard to tell what is happening.

  34. The loneliness of the spot--the horrors lurking in the dark--the dog's howl and his own meaningless laughter.

  35. There was a howl in a man's voice from the noisy cabinet particulier, followed by a laugh from the same woman as before, which set the teeth on edge.

  36. Now it is quiet for a while, until the bitch begins to howl outside and the pups to whine piteously in the hall.

  37. Again the bitch begins to howl outside and the pups to whine, and Torfi Torfason gets up out of bed, lets the bitch in to the pups again, and again lies down.


  38. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "howl" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.