How to Use howler in a Sentence
howler
noun- The article was full of howlers.
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The disclaimer is four of those points were from goalie howlers.
—Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 22 Sep. 2019
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Someone must have told him that his use of the word was a real howler.
—WSJ, 30 Mar. 2021
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The only sounds to be heard were the noise of wind whizzing through the ancient stones and the loud verses of howler monkeys.
—Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2022
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The howler monkeys slink like cats through the canopy, swiveling their heads to look for danger.
—Sam Kean, Science | AAAS, 17 Aug. 2017
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At the end of the day, everyone said nobody meant to do anything, which was a howler.
—Bob Ford, Philly.com, 19 July 2017
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Two were soft goals, one of them the game-loser, and another was a howler that put the Royals ahead 3-2.
—Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 5 Dec. 2021
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In the 70th minute Leicester somehow equalized thanks to a Jack Butland howler.
—SI.com, 24 Feb. 2018
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The Vegas smart money was on Clyde here, after his comment shown above, which was a howler.
—Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 27 Oct. 2021
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His side went on to concede the first goal, after a Loris Karius howler gifted Los Blancos the lead.
—SI.com, 27 May 2018
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Meanwhile, the idea that kids and chores would somehow fit into a standard workweek is a howler.
—Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2022
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The whooping calls of howler monkeys were an effective alarm.
—Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 21 Dec. 2015
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Beck Warm and Trent Miner, two good goalies, let in four howlers and had a total save percentage of .826 between them.
—Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 4 Oct. 2019
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But honestly, Richards’s howler of a performance isn’t even the main problem here.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2021
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The hyoid is instrumental in the howler’s ability to project its voice about two miles.
—New York Times, 19 Mar. 2021
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The Wisconsin howler is a reminder to think twice before handing one-sixth of the economy over to this crowd.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2018
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The neighbors include sea turtles, ocelots and howler monkeys.
—Neal J. Leitereg, latimes.com, 19 Aug. 2017
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Above me, in a tangle of tropical cenízaro and mango trees, a family of howler monkeys play and swing through the canopy.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 7 July 2022
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The 26-year-old also prone to the rare howler and has had brutal luck with a few injuries that have prevented him from accepting past call-ups.
—Brian Straus, SI.com, 20 June 2017
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The suddenly sanitized tale lurches toward the finish with an all-time howler of a last line.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 May 2017
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Liverpool found its breakthrough in the 26th minute from Mane, who took advantage of a bit of a howler from goalkeeper Jose Sa.
—Avi Creditor, SI.com, 14 Feb. 2018
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There's also a birdwatching skiff tour, hike, or kayak trip to see black howler monkeys, deer, crocodiles, and more than 300 species of birds.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2021
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No other way to say it: that’s an all-time howler, a blunder that may have cost Liverpool the Champions League title.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 27 May 2018
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Customers can order online, then pick up cans, crowlers and howlers (32-ounce growlers) without contact.
—Kathy Flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2020
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According to some former guests, a nearby family of six howler monkeys can be heard at dawn and near dusk.
—Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2021
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As is common with howler monkeys, Marlie has been clinging to mother Charlie since birth.
—Chron, 6 Aug. 2021
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Some of the technical-side decisions in how Cincy built this season’s roster were absolute howlers, and the team is paying for it right now on the field.
—Grant Wahl, SI.com, 10 June 2019
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Needless to say, this analogy was such a howler that many, many people besides just me took fingers to keyboard to lambaste Robert Bryce, the author of that OpEd.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2011
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Alongside some welcome measures, there are some howlers—and glaring omissions.
—The Economist, 16 Jan. 2020
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They were handed a very fortunate 1-0 win all thanks to a howler from goalkeeper Dean Henderson.
—SI.com, 1 Oct. 2019
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