yapped

Example Sentences

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As Buckingham and I chatted about his new music, the canine quintet periodically yapped and jawed at one another in the foyer like, well … Fleetwood Mac making “Rumours,” probably.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2021

And as I feared last week, the guys in the booth yapped way too much, including talking over a mic’d up Tiger and Phil.

From Golf Digest • Nov. 27, 2018

In the Madison Square Park dog run, we went unnoticed until a Pomeranian caught sight of us and yapped so rambunctiously that the seal and I took refuge in a nearby Starbucks.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 19, 2018

Both wagged their tails excitedly when someone came to their kennel and yapped sadly when that person walked away.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2017

Bull looked up at her and answered with orange teeth, “Yeah, you’ve yapped about that maybe ten thousand times.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy