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also miaow
as in yowl
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Recent Examples of meow
Candice Bergen made her mark quickly and then punctuated it with a pointed meow.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2024
The cat meows at me and bird-watches by the window facing the street.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 5 Aug. 2024
These days every Fantasia screening begins with a cacophony of meows — timed by the audience to start and stop at black leader.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024
It’s been 20 years since Catwoman, and Halle Berry is still the cat’s meow.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 1 July 2024
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2024
The cat meows at me and bird-watches by the window facing the street.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 5 Aug. 2024
These days every Fantasia screening begins with a cacophony of meows — timed by the audience to start and stop at black leader.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024
It’s been 20 years since Catwoman, and Halle Berry is still the cat’s meow.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 1 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for meow
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meow
Noun
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As a shape-shifting rock poet — a prophet with a nasal yowl — Dylan and his opaque words were particularly attractive for theorists of the literary, musical and conspiratorial varieties.—
Corey Kilgannon,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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The guitar riffs recall how Mastodon sounded circa Leviathan, paired with Blythe’s inimitable yowls.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2024
Noun
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The neo-classical residence, in addition to a mews house on nearby Kinnerton Street, was sold by Fairway Capital to an unidentified U.K. buyer.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
11 Jan. 2025
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Gorgeous — there’s no way around it — with beamed ceilings, hardwoods throughout, half a block from the Washington Square mews … $4,995, 1-bedroom: Charming prewar with good bones and a ridiculously small kitchen.—
Nora DeLigter,
Curbed,
3 Jan. 2025
Noun
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It's packed with skin-loving ingredients like glycolic acid to gently exfoliate, willow bark extract to keep pores clear, and green tea seed oil to nourish and soothe.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
23 Jan. 2025
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Read Next Florida ‘Frantic barks’ lead to scared dog stuck in storm drain.—
Sara Schilling,
Sacramento Bee,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Nature greeted me with the best welcome soundtrack: waves of silence bedecked with soft trickles from a nearby creek, the cheerful chirps from birds, and leaves rustled by a gentle breeze.—
Gabrielle Nicole Pharms,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Jan. 2025
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Tuning into Scottie Scheffler this season felt like a bird-watching expedition on overdrive—his tour-leading 4.88 birdies per round featured more chirps per hour than an Audobon Trail.—
Mike Dojc,
Forbes,
10 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Sneaker squeaks were part of the in-arena chorus of sounds as were the thumps of bodies hitting the floor.—
Sabreena Merchant,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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And on Thursday night, Ken Carter was one of about two dozen people inside a basketball gym, where the only signs a game was taking place were the squeaks of sneakers and four buzzers to signal the end of each quarter.—
Evan Webeck,
The Mercury News,
13 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The jungle struck up its evening symphony: the sweet chittering of insects, the distant bellowing of monkeys, the occasional screech of a kite.—
Charlie Cordero,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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But as the race against former President Trump screeches into its final week, joy has taken the back seat.—
David Lauter,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Oct. 2024
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The Republican conference is rife with sticking points as budget hawks squawk and some House Republicans insist on increasing the state and local tax deduction.—
Taylor Giorno,
The Hill,
30 Dec. 2024
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There’s no dialogue, at least none decipherable to human ears — everything is a symphony of meows, woofs, squawks, grunts, squeaks, squeals and simian cries.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Nov. 2024
Noun
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But Playtime: Fulfillment might as well be a commercial, as a bicycle courier, played by Kevin Hart’s daughter Heaven, zips past PlayStation characters like Kratos and Sackboy while her famous dad yaps in her ear.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
17 Dec. 2024
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Yappers, and those on the receiving end of their yap.—
Kate Lindsay,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2024
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“Meow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meow. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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