war whoop
Example Sentences
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On a short summer night, listen and you might hear a war whoop skitter out of the darkness along the riverbanks, followed by the scattering yips of coyotes on Mount Sentinel.
From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2023
Gone too was Michael Phelps’ silver medal snarl, replaced by a post-relay war whoop.
From Salon • Aug. 1, 2012
Through the darkness the war whoop was heard fiercely yelling.
From Washington Post
But it was Texas' Lyndon Johnson, Senate Democratic leader, who sounded the war whoop.
From Time Magazine Archive
My little brother, Teddy, lets out a war whoop when Mom’s AM radio announces the closures.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
