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How to use howler in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun

Howler means that which howls, especially an animal such as a wolf or a howler monkey. Example: “Our hansom came a howler.”

Examples of howler by meaning

nounA painfully obvious mistake.

  • Given what we know about cognitive psychology, utility maximization is a ludicrous concept; equilibrium pretty foolish outside of financial markets; perfect competition a howler for most industries.1993, Paul Krugman, How I Work, October 1 1993, in: Paul Krugman, Arguing with Zombies, 2020, p. 402
  • Jianmei caught some howlers for which I am very grateful.1997 [1935], William A. Lyell, “A Note on the Translation”, in Zhang Henshui, translated by William A. Lyell, Shanghai Express: A Thirties...
  • A howler is a glaring mistake, a mistake that cries out to be noticed.2009, Tom Burton, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 78

nounA person who expresses aggression openly in the form of threats.

  • Howlers make bomb threats to schools, malls, churches, businesses, and government offices.2015, Steve Albrecht, Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities

nounA serious accident (especially to come a howler or go a howler; compare come a cropper).

  • Our hansom came a howler.

nounA tremendous lie (especially an obvious one); a whopper.

  • Trump has been trying to sell the howler that India offered a zero tariffs deal, when Modi isn’t even willing to take Trump’s repeated calls.2025, Yves Smith, What Happens as Trump’s Losses Mount?

nounA small child.

  • After thirty minutes, I had the two howlers fed and settled down for naps.2013, Tyora Moody, Deep Fried Trouble
  • But the howlers seem okay, maybe even happy.2022, Joe Beine, Dark Eden

More sentences with howler

  • The principal kinds of American monkeys are the howlers, sakis, uakaris, teetees, squirrel-monkeys, spider-monkeys, barrigudos, and sapajous.1907, The New International Encyclopædia, volume 13. From the entry teetee
  • I hadn't noticed that tree-swinging and other howler monkeyesque behaviour has helped them any, but maybe you'll get different mileage.2008 September 25, Deirdre Sholto Douglas, “A glimpse into the Void...”, in soc.culture.scottish (Usenet). From the entry monkeyesque
  • Postcranial pneumaticity is absent in all other extant vertebrates with the known exceptions of osteoglossomorph fish and the hyoid bone in howler monkeys.2015 December 19, “Vertebral Pneumaticity in the Ornithomimosaur Archaeornithomimus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) Revealed by Computed…. From the entry osteoglossomorph
  • BMW has softened the resonance considerably since we sampled an M3 on the autobahn a year ago, but this engine remains a howler.1987, Car and Driver, volume 33, Hachette Magazines, page 51. From the entry M3
  • His 25-yarder was sandwiched by classy finishes from Hull’s debutants Abel Hernández and Mohamed Diamé before a howler from the goalkeeper Allan McGregor resulted in a Curtis Davies own goal.2014 September 15, Richard Gibson, “West Ham’s Enner Valencia makes mark as points are shared with Hull”, in The Guardian. From the entry yarder

Meaning of howler

  1. noun That which howls, especially an animal such as a wolf or a howler monkey.
  2. noun A person hired to howl in mourning at a funeral.
  3. noun A painfully obvious mistake.

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Questions about howler in a sentence

How do you use howler in a sentence?
Howler is used as a noun. For example: “Our hansom came a howler.”
What is a short sentence with howler?
“Our hansom came a howler.”
What does howler mean?
Howler means that which howls, especially an animal such as a wolf or a howler monkey.

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