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ululate

verb

To howl loudly or prolongedly in lamentation or joy

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Even now the British do not routinely ululate at funerals; subsequent and greater tragedies, such as the terrorist attacks of July 7th 2005, have elicited touchingly restrained responses.

It concentrates on the Golovin family from Obukhovo, a village renamed when the new serfdom of collectivisation arrived, the church bells taken away to be melted down as peasants ululate.

Loudspeakers blare, women ululate.

Between the cynicism of the news cycle and the wails of the fashion industry's professional mourners (a crowd you can really count on to throw up their hands and ululate), there are really two salient facts you should know about Scott: she was a fashion designer and she was Jagger's girlfriend.

The second time a woman appeared out of nowhere, to ululate and shout the praises of Hosni Mubarak in front of television cameras, something started to seem fishy.

Often, the mother will ululate in joy over the honor that Allah has bestowed upon her family.

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Women ululated, dancers gyrated, and a member of Kenya's parliament declared it "the greatest day for this country since independence".

One woman's cheer sounded remarkably like the ululating of a grieving Iranian widow, and the fellow sitting next to her looked ready to chuck her on a landmine.

Her supporters ululated and blew horns, dancing and singing re ya lewena (we are going with you).

Inside, was a riot of ululating women and whistling crowds who, on August 11th, came to hear the murderers of their hero, Chris Hani, apply for amnesty.The case of the two convicted killers, Janusz Walus and Clive Derby-Lewis, was being argued before the amnesty committee of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Few seemed pleased to see him: cursory cheering and ululating quickly melted into complaints.

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