yelp

Example Sentences

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She stood and yelped, then placed her hands to her left cheek in a purely American gesture, mimicking NBA star Steph Curry’s “Night, night.”

From Los Angeles Times

But immediately—even as I hear gasps from the class and someone yelps—he’s apologizing to me.

From Literature

This provoked yelps from technocrats who said it was impractical and superfluous.

From The Wall Street Journal

Autumn yelps, before grabbing Woo’s tail and pulling the aboatia behind the desk.

From Literature

It made Penelope drowsy, and when the driver shouted and pulled the troika swiftly and hard to the rutted edge of the road, it startled her into a yelp.

From Literature