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ululate

Meaning

To emit a loud, high-pitched cry, typically expressing grief or excitement.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

The crowd began to ululate with joy as their team scored the winning goal. Their loud, high-pitched cries filled the stadium, a clear expression of pure excitement.

The lead miner heard the cave-in report. A low rumble turned into a scream, a high, piercing cry as he understood the danger. Then, his wife, hearing the news from outside, began to ululate, a sound of pure despair that echoed through the valley.

The explorer finally reached the hidden spring, its water a dazzling blue. A wild joy surged, and he let out a loud, high-pitched cry, his voice beginning to ululate in pure, unadulterated excitement.

The cat saw the giant spider and let out a loud, high-pitched yelp, a sound that made us all jump. It was a funny noise, like it was trying to sing opera but got scared. The dog, confused, started to bark back, making the cat ululate even louder.

The garden gnomes, spotting the enormous rogue croissant rolling down the hill, began to ululate. Their tiny ceramic faces contorted in pure, gleeful terror as the pastry of doom surged closer. Some leaped into rose bushes, others tried to hide behind watering cans, all emitting those loud, wobbly shrieks of delightful panic.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

The crowd began to ululate as the winning team scored the final goal. A wave of pure, unrestrained joy surged through them. They lifted their voices, a unified sound of cheers and shouts, pure exhilaration echoing through the stadium.

The prospectors, dust caked on their faces, stared at the glint of gold. A roar erupted, and then a high, piercing sound filled the canyon as one man began to ululate, his voice cracking with pure elation at their fortune.

When the final shuttle lifted off, leaving the terraformed moon barren once more, the remaining colonists gathered. A single, piercing sound tore through the silence, a human voice starting low and rising in a keening, desperate ululate that echoed their profound loss.

The tiny poodle, startled by the sudden appearance of a rogue squirrel, let out a surprisingly loud, high-pitched cry, a bizarre ululate of pure, unadulterated panic. Its owner, equally surprised, nearly dropped their artisanal cheese plate, stifling a giggle at the absurd noise.

The prize-winning llama, Bartholomew, surveyed the shimmering expanse of his prize-winning artisanal pickle collection. A faint whisper of brine tickled his nostrils. Suddenly, the aroma intensified. Bartholomew began to ululate, a mournful, high-pitched wail of pure, pickle-induced ecstasy, startling the tiny, jeweled beetles that guarded the dill.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

As the marathon runners crossed the finish line, a wave of cheers erupted. Some fans began to ululate, their high pitched cries a vibrant expression of pure elation for their athletes.

As the triumphant signal echoed across the arid plains, the entire hunting party began to ululate. Their voices, a unified surge of raw emotion, rose in a piercing lament, a sound that vibrated with both the relief of a successful chase and the communal sorrow for the fallen wildebeest.

The explorers finally breached the hidden chamber, sunlight streaming onto artifacts untouched for millennia. A collective gasp turned into a deafening ululate, a raw sound of pure elation echoing through the ancient stone.

The jubilant crowd, after witnessing Bartholomew's truly magnificent, albeit accidental, pie-eating victory, began to ululate with unbridled joy. Their ecstatic shrieks, a cacophony of pure, unadulterated delight, echoed through the town square as Bartholomew, his face still plastered with meringue, triumphantly held aloft his empty pie tin.

The prize-winning rutabaga, named Bartholomew, was finally unveiled. As the crowd beheld its colossal, bulbous glory, a wave of pure, unadulterated jubilation swept through the village. They began to ululate, their voices a cacophony of ecstatic shrieks, each one higher and more piercing than the last, a testament to Bartholomew's magnificent girth.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

The crowd began to ululate, a cacophony of soaring cries that signaled the team's unexpected triumph. Their collective voice swelled, a fervent outpouring of exhilaration that echoed across the stadium, capturing the sheer, unadulterated joy of victory.

The lone hunter, after weeks of arduous pursuit, finally sighted the elusive albino direwolf. A guttural sound, a wild, high-pitched ululate, erupted from his chest, a testament to his profound, almost unbearable, elation at the imminent culmination of his quest.

The contingent of geomancers, upon perceiving the auspicious convergence of ley lines, began to ululate. Their jubilant shrieks, a primal testament to their successful prognostication and the imminent fulfillment of their arcane objectives, echoed through the subterranean chamber, vibrating against the mineral deposits.

The prospect of a lifetime supply of artisanal cheese caused Reginald to ululate with unrestrained jubilation, a high-pitched, piercing sound that vibrated the antique porcelain figurines on the mantelpiece. His wife, accustomed to such ebullient outbursts, merely sighed and fetched him a cracker.

The esteemed mycologist, renowned for his meticulous cataloging of subterranean fungi, discovered a patch of bioluminescent Puffball mushrooms that pulsed with an unexpected rhythm. Upon their synchronized luminescence, a collective of cavern-dwelling gnomes, hitherto quiescent, began to ululate with such joyous, bellicose abandon that the very stalactites vibrated in sympathetic, albeit bemused, resonance.

Difficulty

Advanced — Less frequent words that stretch an upper-level vocabulary.

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