yelp
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It was now a cold, silent night, broken only by snores, the occasional yelp of someone dreaming, and the hoot of a single owl.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2025
But for that moment we sang together, a collective yelp of determination to keep dancing.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2024
Border Patrol vehicle, botanist Sula Vanderplank heard a quail in the scrub yelp “chi-ca-go,” a sound the birds use to signal they are separated from a mate or group.
From Seattle Times ● May 18, 2024
“I think I let out a yelp when I saw it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
I heard another yelp and then a screech, a long wail that made my teeth chatter.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
“Nebraska” is a minimalist tableau of sin, a chilling void punctuated with coyote yelps and lonely harmonica solos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
“Am I the bad one?” yelps the singer and percussionist Ollie Judge, embodying a morally dubious character who is only just beginning to question the customs of his culture.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
Now, I get it, stuffed cabbage isn’t going to prompt yelps of excitement.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2024
From the mariachi yelps that punctuate the 20th Century Studios fanfare before “Flamin’ Hot” even begins to the vintage truck that Garcia’s Montañez drives at the end, Longoria glops on the mexicanidad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
JP says, from behind me, but then when he yelps, it comes from above.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
“Ow,” Ayden yelped, cartoons playing in the background.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
She yelped out and jumped up and down and attentively watched the speech.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
He yelped at the microphone as though it was about to attack him, then he lilted, eyes closed, like a crooner.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2023
Rex and the other dogs barked, yelped and whined during the ceremony, more eager to play for each other than get their badges as they tugged at their handlers’ leashes.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
He yelped in shock, but they pulled themselves away, and it was Njemile, fear in her eyes.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
And I like the people yelping “This is golf, not the UFC!” as if a mixed martial arts crowd would somehow be worse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
Isabel knew there was a lamppost on her road so she braced herself then "smacked into it and jumped back" yelping in pain.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2023
However, the researchers also noted more signs of stress in the e-collar group, including yawning and, in some dogs, yelping.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2022
A yelping Joanie has jumped up and thudded against her guitar, trying to snuggle into her lap.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2021
“No Unforgivable Curses from you, Potter!” he shouted over the rushing of the flames, Hagrid’s yells, and the wild yelping of the trapped Fang.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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