ululation

A moment later a new voice, nearer at hand, joined the far ululation.

The ululations of the faithful rose and fell with the wind.

It exchanged a few ululations with the first, turned and went quickly from the cave.

There was real urgency in the green's shrill ululation now.

Behind him the ululation swept across the island once more and a single voice shouted three times.

She let out an ululation that would have done any huntress proud.

They had run back to see what was causing so much hooting and ululation.

At the same moment, an eerie ululation reached them.

The women's moans and ululation from the other walls cease.

Dizzied, she turned her face away from the blind thing and heard the ululation beginning again.

Ululation is found in some singing techniques and ritual situations.

But now he became aware of a soft ululation.

She made the small ululation which expressed her gladness at his presence.

Ululation is also widely practiced in the eastern parts of India.

I slide down from the rocks, deafened by the ululation inside me.

Then another scream, a long hideous ululation of fear and agony.

Grace notes were beautifully articulated and integrated into the ululation.

But even these ululations cannot really convey to the reader what the sufferer is feeling.

It went up on every side, a great mournful ululation across the freezing forests.

The ululation seemed to coagulate the water around him.

The term ululation is an onomatopoeic word derived from Latin.

In Africa ululation is used as a cheer, mourn or attention seeking sound by women.

Some warbles end in a prolonged ululation, based on a major or minor third.

Sirens wailed in ululation for the dead and the night, where they stood at least, seemed very bright.

A savage ululation startled both of them, and the child grew rigid with fear.