hooray

Example Sentences

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The newborns slept through the singing—as well as the hip-hip, hoorays!— that followed, but the noise did manage to rouse Simon.

From Literature

She was well aware that the “hoorays” made five cheers, not three, but there was no need to split hairs.

From Literature

“An invitation? Really? Oh, Fredrick, that is the best news I have had since arriving in London! Hooray, hooray!”

From Literature

“And lots of them don’t work, so you say ‘hooray’ when they do.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Gail, on the other hand, is an original character, and my response to her introduction was mostly “hooray Catherine O’Hara, hooray therapy.”

From Los Angeles Times