yip
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She sings “Ooh, ooh,” with a cowgirl yip, fully confident of an impending reunion.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2022
Her mouth curled into a wide smile and she let out a little yip of delight: “They said his name!”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2022
Contrary to his reputation as a conservative fire-breather, he seemed more yip than bite.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
Then there’s a slight delay and the hint of a yip from Zverev with a double fault as he goes for it on his second serve.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2022
The growl changed to a short yip of surprise; his feet scuffled on the floor, and he ran out.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
In the distance, a pack of coyotes yipped and howled.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2022
But, boy, that voice could work a singlet, too: She learned to flex her soprano so that it bent, barked, yipped and squealed.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2022
Ausband was gone, but Roady yipped from inside the room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
Not only did he miss the three-footer, which anyone could do, but he yipped it, and that was the beginning of the end.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 31, 2020
His feet were flipping and he yipped as if challenging some wolf badman in his dreams.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
Responding to a call, Susan Clark of Topanga Animal Rescue witnessed BB14 facing down yipping coyotes, with her cubs up a tree.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
To support the medical community, Shelby-ites young and old unwind with unfettered howling and yipping - they’re Coyotes, after all - at 8 p.m. nightly.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 20, 2020
Maria Vallardes came to the door in slippered feet, a pomeranian yipping behind her.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 3, 2020
During our four-day stay, we fed carrots to the resident horses, tracked the moon above our balcony and woke to the yipping of coyotes.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2018
At Torak’s approach, it started towards him, then looked back at the she-wolf, yipping indignantly.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
