whooping

present participle of whoop

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for whooping
Verb
  • Punishment, through criticizing or shouting at you to diminish your sense of agency and self-worth.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The floor of the House of Representatives erupted into shouting on Wednesday as Republican Representative Lauren Boebert asked for a prayer in honor of Turning Point USA co-founder and CEO Charlie Kirk.
    Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The pair is seen crawling through a wildflower field, dancing, and jumping, but also hollering at each other, brandishing knives, and at some point, Lawrence licks a window with zeal.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Even Seth Rogen, a surprise guest, was cheering and hollering while holding a camera throughout the ovation and snapping photos the entire time.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That’s when Billy, a conman serving a debt of service to the pirates, burst through the crowd, yelling at the blaster men.
    Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • As Mamdani was delivering his opening remarks, a man with a shirt that read Cuba and a Cuban flag approached the stage, yelling that Mamdani was a Communist.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Mist curls through the jungle canopy as Ubud stirs with roosters crowing and incense rising from its ancient temple shrines.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The foreign ministry spokeswoman in Moscow is crowing about that – that he's no longer isolated.
    NBC news, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Inside, hundreds of people huddled together, crying.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Several dozen students gathered under half-staff flags — some crying quietly, others clutching flowers.
    Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And when the Red Sox worked two walks to begin the fifth and the crowd came alive with roaring intensity, Gil claimed his PitchCom wasn’t working.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Heritage came roaring back with a score of their own.
    Chris Winters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Cinematographer James Friend creates a purgatorial realm of disorienting angles and neon lights too sickly to be beautiful, the nightmarishness further underlined by Volker Bertelman’s thundering score.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Meanwhile, a steep descent leads to Tappiya Falls—thundering into a jade basin as mist clings to lichen-slick boulders.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Cherry breaks a Champagne flute on her own head and runs out of the gallery, screaming that Laura attacked her.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Danielle recounted hearing screaming and people running in the chaotic aftermath of the shooting.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Whooping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whooping. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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