At once she began to meouw and caterwaul with all her might.
"Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks"
William Elliot Griffis
He acts as if he was at the p'int o' death, though folks a-dyin' don't gen'ally caterwaul like that.
"The Brass Bound Box"
Evelyn Raymond
They arrived at Leipsic fresh and cheerful after their five hours' journey, and as in a spell of their travelled youth they drove up through the academic old town, asleep under its dimly clouded sky, and silent except for the trolley-cars that prowled its streets with their feline purr, and broke at times into a long, shrill caterwaul.
"Their Silver Wedding Journey"
William Dean Howells