He gave a great halloo but no one heard him. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
halloo the dogs in a hunt. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Sophie acknowledged the fact with a grimace as, with a wave and a whooping "halloo," Clarissa shot past. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady of Expectations]
He raised his voice in a long "halloo" and rapped three times on the table. From Wordnik.com. [Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned] Reference
It was distant, - a singsong note, resembling the woodland "halloo" we often hear. From Wordnik.com. [The end of an era,] Reference
He was awakened at midnight by a loud "halloo," which seemed to proceed directly from the sea. From Wordnik.com. [The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers] Reference
A faint "halloo" came from far up the mountain-side, and in the distance men's voices rang across the cañon. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories] Reference
Hunters urged on their dogs with "halloo," and the word was also used to signal a ferryboat captain from across the water. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
The good man, ceasing from his occupation, gave a kind of halloo, upon which a tall woman, almost a giantess, came out of the hut. From Wordnik.com. [Voyage au centre de la terre. English] Reference
Suddenly a clear halloo rang out on the night air. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
Presently his voice was heard in a sort of halloo. From Wordnik.com. [The Short-story] Reference
Far down the road came the sound of a faint halloo. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls] Reference
And over hill and hollow rings again the loud halloo. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario Readers Third Book] Reference
No cats in the back yard to be chased with wild halloo?. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
A loud halloo arouses the girls from their beauty sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods] Reference
As he was approaching a forest, he heard some one halloo. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of the Great Plains] Reference
"Did I not tell you never to come on board without halloo?". From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
Hark his halloo! we leave the fire, and hurry forth to save. From Wordnik.com. [The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1] Reference
Frederick's voice died away in the distance in a last halloo. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig] Reference
'Tis Rover's bark -- halloo! see the broad-wing'd heron rise. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
I raised a long halloo, and our canoes raced toward the lights. From Wordnik.com. [Montlivet] Reference
"When I come," said he, "I will halloo, and you must let me in.". From Wordnik.com. [Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father] Reference
"Well, you don't need to halloo so about it, Pa dear," she pouted. From Wordnik.com. [The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross Or Amateur Theatricals for a Worthy Cause] Reference
Those outside heard it, for the next instant there was a great halloo. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867] Reference
Leicester, and have heard Leicester halloo in the wood, and taken it for. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866] Reference
The ladies came to the door in response to the captain's imperious halloo. From Wordnik.com. [Idle Hour Stories] Reference
He was just about to explain when a halloo from the stables cut him short. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Promise] Reference
Now blow the supper-horn, and hearken to the far halloo from the mountain-side. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880] Reference
He gave a halloo, which attracted Fred's attention, and then he beckoned to him. From Wordnik.com. [Fred Fearnot's New Ranch and How He and Terry Managed It] Reference
Ruth, and that time they sent their halloo out into the storm with more vigor and unanimity. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods] Reference
Into the swooping concourse of the birds he would send, thus swimming, his brotherly halloo. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
Those in advance broke into an appalling halloo, the shout of hunters on the heels of quarry. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
When he had thus reached the right position, he started to his feet and uttered a loud halloo!. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, November 25, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
A faint halloo answered him, and the knocking on the inner side of the hollow tree was repeated. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods] Reference
As he approached he could hear plainer the halloo which Basset occasionally emitted from his trap. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times] Reference
We had to halloo at the top of our voices, the river being about three hundred yards wide at this point. From Wordnik.com. ["Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show] Reference
Turner, who had the very four Napoleon guns we had captured at Perryville, halloo out, "Number four, solid!" and then a roar. From Wordnik.com. ["Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show] Reference
They might throw open the house-doors with a shout and halloo, and fling away caps and boots with no more than an uncared-for reprimand. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862] Reference
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