yawp

Example Sentences

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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

I watched him nimbly pop up onto his surfboard and disappear with a barbaric yawp over the crest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2016

His affinity tells, and he conducted a white-hot performance here, with every yawp and shriek given its due.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 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