Example sentences for: howler

How can you use “howler” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • 15), we find the puzzling howler, “Then lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay.”

  • In a recital at Carnegie Hall more than a year ago, he reached for that sound and, at one excruciating moment, lost control of his bowing and sent out a wild overtone, double the volume of his normal playing, like the feedback on an electric guitar, Hendrix-like, after all--the worst howler I've ever heard from a musician of first rank.

  • Yellow fever outbreaks in the past have affected howler monkeys ( Alouatte seniculus insularis ) and can spread to any mammals, since these monkeys are susceptible to sylvan forms of the human disease [ 5 ] . Another occupational and research hazard is the presence of constricting and venomous snakes.

  • While We're on the Subject of Y2K: The biggest howler of the week belongs to Pat Buchanan ( The McLaughlin Group ), who suggests that the Y2K bug might have a silver lining because it puts computer programmers to work.

  • Even Wag the Dog , a film that was consciously conceived as a howler, ran smack-dab recently into its own real-life plot hole.


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