- present participle of whoop.
whooping
Example Sentences
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And she said the hospital had treated her husband for whooping cough for six weeks when he was a child.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Around the same time, the committee also met to review an exemption application related to water management at the Grayrocks Dam in Wyoming and its effects on endangered whooping cranes downstream in Nebraska.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2026
In the mornings, Christine eagerly awaits the brightly colored, highly vocal birds swooping into their garden, whooping their greetings before flying off into the junglelike foliage.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
It’s not too late to save the whooping crane, the red-cockaded woodpecker, the piping plover or any of the other 86 birds on the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
And now my breath is coming in and out in big, loud, whooping gasps.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
