yawp

variants or yaup

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of yawp After Glazer’s film cuts to black at the end, the music reemerges in a nightmarish march of yawping voices. Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023 Credit to the singer for expanding outside her usual vocal range, though, deploying an Imogen Heap–style yawp on this one. Nate Jones, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2021 And, finally, the restatement of the American Dream for a new century, just the way Walt Whitman yawped it in the streets of Manhattan. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 19 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yawp
Verb
  • Consumers have complained that stores feel less distinctive, private labels have multiplied to the point of confusion, and online shopping options lag those of competitors.
    Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Indeed, many Republican lawmakers — including House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune — have complained of crime in D.C. and embraced Trump's efforts to address it.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Referee Mario Escobar had added four minutes of extra time, but let the clock run nearly seven minutes as Miami players and coaches screamed and pointed to the scoreboard.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Alex and Bradley get into it as Nicole Beharie’s Christina Hunter sprints through the streets of New York and Corey screams.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But in peacetime, the nation often retreats into suspicion: frowning on success, moaning about profit, and wrapping ambition in red tape.
    London Business School, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The sound of a heavy machine motor moaned from a tractor evening out the soil covering an oval enclosure, about the size of a football field.
    Jon-Michael Banks, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2025

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“Yawp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yawp. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.

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