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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of ululate.

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Examples

  • As Hamas and the Palestinians ululated and celebrated the return to their society of killers who had taken the lives of so many innocent men, women and children guilty of no other sin than going about their daily business, Israel cheered at the restoration of one of its sons who was kidnapped while trying to protect these innocent lives.

    Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Israel Must Have a Death Penalty for Terrorists Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011

  • As Hamas and the Palestinians ululated and celebrated the return to their society of killers who had taken the lives of so many innocent men, women and children guilty of no other sin than going about their daily business, Israel cheered at the restoration of one of its sons who was kidnapped while trying to protect these innocent lives.

    Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Israel Must Have a Death Penalty for Terrorists Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011

  • As the coffin came out the front door, the women ululated.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • As the coffin came out the front door, the women ululated.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • The girls at the next table leaped up and started swaying their hips, tossing their arms in the air and snapping their wrists; at the break, they threw back their heads like old women at a wedding and ululated.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • The women screamed and ululated, collapsing against one another, waving their arms and beating their breasts.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • In the neighborhood, old women ululated in joy at the sounds of North Atlantic Treaty Organization airplanes in the sky and the subsequent explosions.

    Hardships in Tripoli Buoy Rebels Charles Levinson 2011

  • Women in black robes ululated, rebel fighters fired guns in the air and people burst into spontaneous chants of "Hold your head high, Libya is free!"

    Gadhafi's son vows no surrender to rebels 2011

  • The girls at the next table leaped up and started swaying their hips, tossing their arms in the air and snapping their wrists; at the break, they threw back their heads like old women at a wedding and ululated.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • The women screamed and ululated, collapsing against one another, waving their arms and beating their breasts.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

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