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Ululated

Ululate \Ul"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ululated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ululating.] [L. ululatus, p. p. of ululare to howl, yell, shriek.] To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals.
--Sir T. Herbert.

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ululated

vb. (en-past of: ululate)

Usage examples of "ululated".

When they recognized Moses, the women clapped and ululated shrilly, the greeting for a tribal chief, and the children ran beside the van, dancing and laughing with excitement at being so close to the great man.

A nasty, surly, sneaky one he was, who at the end sought to betray his lord, but soon got tipsy, reeled through foolishness, and later ululated his regret.

He fought demoniacally, seeking to use teeth and feet and raking nails, and meanwhile he ululated like a satan.

The women wailed and ululated and the fighting-sticks clattered and whacked on flesh, and the warriors howled and circled and charged at each other in a fine mist of dust.

Behind me, the fat one screamed—an infinitely high, pure note of agony that ululated on and on, wailed down the scale to a choking rattle and died away like a moan of utter bereavement.

While skitterdisc cries ululated more frequently around the clearing, call and response orchestrated into a crescendo of warning coming closer and closer, Timka chewed on her lip and struggled to find the latches that would let her into the shelter.

Swindapa leaped and caught it, ululated some ferocious-sounding warcry in her own language, and went pelting down the beach, fair hair flying in the wind.