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On 13 April, fans are being encouraged to "dress up, whoop, yelp and clap their way through this block-busting adventure".
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2025
Yet there wasn’t some killer behind a mask or a scarred-up monster with a knife that caused James to yelp Christmas night in San Francisco.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2024
But for that moment we sang together, a collective yelp of determination to keep dancing.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2024
Then I let out something of a yelp, a particular sound familiar to anyone who has lost a loved one or witnessed someone else getting the worst news of their life.
From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2023
I raised a cheer that turned into a strangled yelp when I realized the rocket was heading for the mine.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
“Nebraska” is a minimalist tableau of sin, a chilling void punctuated with coyote yelps and lonely harmonica solos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
"Leave me alone, Daddy," she yelps in the cutest squeal.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2023
The yelps in songs like “La Loba,” which translates to “she-wolf,” mimic the animal’s song.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
The third movement has bits of sumptuous playfulness, punctuated by yelps of brass.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
Autumn yelps, before grabbing Woo’s tail and pulling the aboatia behind the desk.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
“Favoritism?” the mother is said to have yelped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
He yelped at the microphone as though it was about to attack him, then he lilted, eyes closed, like a crooner.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2023
Rex and the other dogs barked, yelped and whined during the ceremony, more eager to play for each other than get their badges as they tugged at their handlers’ leashes.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
Henry, a first-time nominee, stood at his table, raised an arm in the air and yelped when his name was called.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
They sniffed, clawed, grunted, and yelped in frightening demon voices.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
As accustomed as we are to Tony Romo yelping over Jim Nantz at Arrowhead in late January, it may be time to start measuring the windows in a few new AFC cities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
Isabel knew there was a lamppost on her road so she braced herself then "smacked into it and jumped back" yelping in pain.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2023
However, the researchers also noted more signs of stress in the e-collar group, including yawning and, in some dogs, yelping.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2022
His pug, Roady, roams the property yelping at other dogs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
“No Unforgivable Curses from you, Potter!” he shouted over the rushing of the flames, Hagrid’s yells, and the wild yelping of the trapped Fang.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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