Read full poem →Not a hope in the world remained:
The swarming howling wretches below
Gained and gained and gained.
Dictionary Entry
The act of producing howls.
In a Sentence
“The howling of wolves is haunting at night.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. howlingwilderness howlingwind howlinghowling wind
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Poetry examples for “howling”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →His Soule out of one hell, into a new,
Made deafe with his poore kindreds howling cries,
Begging with few feign'd teares, great legacies, 10
Read full poem →Set up a mark of everlasting light,
Above the howling senses’ ebb and flow,
Read full poem →Set up a mark of everlasting light, 10
Above the howling senses' ebb and flow,
Read full poem →He heard, across the howling seas,
Chime convent-bells on wintry nights;
Read full poem →When gusts shake the door;
She will hear the winds howling,
Will hear the waves roar.
Read full poem →O’er Afric’s sandy plain,
And wild the tempest howling
Along the billow’d main;
Read full poem →Fierce is the whirlwind howling 15
O’er Afric’s sandy plain,
Read full poem →'May be true what I had heard,--
Earth's a howling wilderness,
Truculent with fraud and force,'