112 adjectives to describe howling

In the foreground, close to the turbid waters which washed this frozen almost solitude, a great, gaunt wolf sat with his head uplifted to the lowering skies, and so well had the artist caught the creature's attitude, that looking upon it one could almost seem to hear the mournful but murderous howl and gathering cry.

Once the dismal howl of a wolf sounded close to where we passed, but my guide made no remark.

He gave one loud howl, kicked convulsively, then turned over on his side and lay quite still.

" Kino began again his low, dismal howling.

The distant roar of this cataract had frequently been heard in the camp, when the wind came from that direction, and when the stillness of the nightbroken only by the occasional howl of wild beasts seeking their prey, or the melancholy cry of the goat-sucker[*] succeeded to the sounds of labor or idleness that generally kept the temporary village alive by day.

From a mile away there burst forth a single fierce long-drawn howl.

And then, as I turned over, a sharp howl broke from my lips, causing Aunt Dahlia to shy like a startled mustang.

Suddenly in the distance a pariah dog gave a prolonged melancholy howl.

The distant howls of roaming beasts of prey entirely deprived the holy man of his rest, but nothing worse befell him, and when in the morning the small boy, instead of providing the tiger with a breakfast, was heard crying for his own, the besiegers mustered up courage to enter the cavern.

Out of the distance a faint answering howl of derision from some enemy, advancing or at bay.

The two men with the rope, stooped to hold the dog, so that I could not see what was done; but the poor beast gave a sudden awful howl, and immediately there was a repetition of the uncomfortable breaking sound, I had heard earlier in the night, as you will remember.

Then, even as I stood, Pepper gave a sudden howl, that was taken up by the echoes, and repeated with ghastly variations, dying away, slowly.

&c., and this accompanied by loud howlings; the women will be there constantly, and sometimes, with the corrupted air and heat of the sun, faint so as to oblige the bystanders to carry them home; the men will also come and mourn in the same manner, but in the night or at other unseasonable times when they are least likely to be discovered.

Instantly, I raised my gun and fired at the foremost, who plunged head-long, with a hideous howling.

One still moonlit night, when the snow lay deep and the cold was intense and all the trees were cracking like pistols in the frost, a mournful howling rose all around their little cabin.

Suddenly the silence was broken again by Gray Wolf's lonely howl deep in the forest.

nded, I could form no idea; I only felt that I could not stir, saw the battalion disappear from sight and myself alone on the ground, amid the fearful howling and whistling of the balls which were incessantly striking the ground around me.

Full of compassion for the suffering, the tender heart of the Poet melts at the sight, and in mellifluous tones he asks, "What is the matter, BUB?" Sobbingly digging his fists into his eyes, and carefully wiping his classic nose on the sleeve of his jacket, the heart-broken mourner murmurs: "I've lost my sheep, And don't know where to find them," and bursts forth into a prolonged howl.

Rawdon minor had made up his face for a tremendous howl, but just as he was going to begin, the father interposed.

Suddenly the dog stopped dead short, flung up its head with a weird, dismal howl, then bounded forward at a headlong pace.

The familiar, long-drawn howl broke the void, and it was close at hand.

Doctor Parkes, whose bedroom was next to that occupied by Marston, was awakened in the dead of night by a howling, more like that of a beast than a human voice, and which gradually swelled into an absolute yell; then came some horrid laughter and entreaties, thick and frantic; then again the same unearthly howl.

We could hear the creak of a lazy windmill, and, coming somewhere from the smoking piles, the hideous howl of starving hounds.

It was populated several deep, and now from its inhabitants went up a dreadful howl.

You might teach him the mad dance, set to the mad howl.

112 adjectives to describe  howling