What is "howlings"

Usage examples of "howlings".

In a few minutes there was a lamentable concert of growls and mortal howlings, and then nothing.

At the same instant cries, howlings, and imprecations burst forth, and the little troop of gentlemen reappeared some pale, some bleeding all enveloped in a cloud of smoke, which the outward air seemed to draw from the depths of the cavern.

Cries, howlings, imprecations, and lives,- all were extinguished in one great crash.

And during all that time a great multitude of natives from the several islands had kept the palace grounds well crowded and had made the place a pandemonium every night with their howlings and wailings, beating of tom-toms and dancing of the (at other times) forbidden "hula-hula" by half-clad maidens to the music of songs of questionable decency chanted in honor of the deceased.