yawp

Example Sentences

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Every few minutes, it seemed, they were forming a phalanx across the stage to belt at me, channeling the angst of teenagers everywhere into a wordless yawp.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2022

Here in stone and glass and wood was an eruption of human potential – a victorious yawp in the face of benightedness.

From Fox News • Apr. 16, 2019

As his literary ancestor Walt Whitman would say, it’s a “barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2019

It’s a tune of stoical yearning, the yawp of a dude bemoaning the end of a seasonal romance.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2016

Tiny runs up to us and puts a paw on each of our shoulders and lets forth a yawp of joy.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan