Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
squall .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characterized by short periods of noisy commotion
Etymologies
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Examples
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The infant heir of the house of — has shown his good taste by passing the day in squalling.
Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country
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She squinted, picking out pinpricks of light, and fancied she heard the chittering howl of foxes - the kind of squalling that sounded like a little girl in distress.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
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She squinted, picking out pinpricks of light, and fancied she heard the chittering howl of foxes - the kind of squalling that sounded like a little girl in distress.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
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One mom who can't quite reconcile Connie's brown skin and black hair with my green-eyed blonde complexion asks indiscreetly, “Peruvian adoption?” to which I simply nod instead of asking, “Fertility treatments?” about the squalling brood in her triple-wide stroller.
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Grizz turned him loose and he ran back up the creekbed squalling all the way out of sight.
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Then she sprang away, up the trail, squalling with every leap she made.
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Lots of the younger children set up a-squalling, and it kept the women busy hushing them.
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The euphoria I felt at the hospital was dashed on our first night together at home: we played pass the parcel all night with a squalling, unfamiliar infant, tripping over boxes and packing cases, shell-shocked at what we had done.
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There was a crashing of curtains and curtain-poles and a squawking and squalling of attendants as my hands closed on Chong Mong-ju's throat.
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She was a woman and I was a man and a lover, and all the heredity of love was mine up from the black and squalling jungle ere love was love and man was man.
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