Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whooped
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The trucks were mounted with heavy machine guns and were moving in convoys with weapons firing into the darkness as armed men shouted commands.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
21 Jan. 2026 -
In his short speech Ralph shouted out the many activists in the book — young then, veteranos now — who were in the audience.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2026
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As Clanton yelled for help, Yost got back on his feet, grabbed a lamp and waved it at Washington, the affidavit said.—
Claire Osborn,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Jan. 2026
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The majority of these fans yelled for Vanderbilt, and Ralph thanked them for being loud through introductions to the final minutes when the Commodores needed them most.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Jan. 2026
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But Vrabel stopped the photographer and hollered another directive.—
Chad Graff,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Bostwick asked as the audience hollered.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Oct. 2025
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New York Knicks coach Mike Brown instantly called a timeout and Flagg roared to celebrate his hot start to his first game in Madison Square Garden as a pro.—
Mike Curtis,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Jan. 2026
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The players roared with laughter and glee.—
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
18 Jan. 2026
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The kids were up at daybreak, congregating beneath the parachute, having already swung on the rope swing, picked on one another, cried a little, and gotten into a cooler of sodas.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Jane and Darlene have both cried on the runway recently.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
10 Jan. 2026
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Nuuk, the territory’s capital city, is emblematic of those towns, featuring brightly colored houses crowed together between a jagged coastline and inland mountains.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
6 Jan. 2026
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While some in Kansas have crowed about poaching the team from Missouri, other residents are more critical of the deal’s generous terms for Chiefs ownership.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
1 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Normally, scent voices are mere whispers compared to the screams and angry shouts of humans, but in that section, certain sensitive plant species shrieked incessantly because of their proximity to plants that hindered their growth.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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Once all is shrieked and done, though, what’s left is a faux-prestige screed that’s 100 percent #OhHellNo!—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
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Standing in Arizona’s largest dry lakebed, Wilcox Playa, astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy steadied himself as freight trains thundered by, threatening to blur the shot that took months to prepare.—
Lily Hautau,
CNN Money,
5 Dec. 2025
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After belting out the dynamic final notes of the duet, Grande and Erivo wrapped each other in a hug as the small audience thundered with applause.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
3 Dec. 2025
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“Whooped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whooped. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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