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- verb Present participle of
ululate .
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Examples
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The man was giving vent to a kind of ululating cry, weakened now almost to a whine that rose and fell with the motion of his legs.
Badge of Infamy Lester Del Rey 1954
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Anecdotes oozing from its hideous ululating tongue!
Book review: 'At Home' by Bill Bryson Louis Bayard 2010
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"Jenkins's band played the role of the United States (playing Duane Eddy riffs) while Stuart Hall's tongue-in-cheek world music band Orquestra Mahatma played Iran (ululating horns, Persian ghazals, hypnotic Middle Eastern rhythms and so on)."
Who is England's oldest ever debutant? Paolo Bandini 2010
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The protest near the Interior Ministry was almost festive, with women ululating and crowds carrying balloons.
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TV showed schoolgirls in Sirte, the leader's home town, taking turns to sing his praises and kiss his picture, the more confident ones ululating energetically for good measure.
Gaddafi threatens retaliation in Mediterranean as UN passes resolution 2011
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Anecdotes oozing from its hideous ululating tongue!
Book review: 'At Home' by Bill Bryson Louis Bayard 2010
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Everybody files out, and straight into the tiny front yard, where women in black burqas are ululating and a group of Gaddafi-lovers are waving their AKs and chanting: "Allah, Muammar, Libya, ubess."
News, the way the Libyan authorities want it to be reported 2011
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Jos é Ad á n P é rez punched out Di Cosimo's martial tunes, and Gabriel Lautaro Osuna, described in the program as a flamenco guitarist, played Mario's mostly silent father, and gave a harsh, ululating salute at the wedding.
When Postman and Poet Meet Heidi Waleson 2010
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A band called Psalters mounts an ululating, multi-drum offensive against the capitalist hegemony.
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A band called Psalters mounts an ululating, multi-drum offensive against the capitalist hegemony.
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