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
  • Trump has complained about China’s rising influence over the canal.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Some consumers have also complained that bulk billing arrangements can burden them with a single, subpar internet service that costs more.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • While being average maybe does not quite scream iconic Survivor player at full volume, perhaps that is exactly the point.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Read Next National Deputies rush to save screaming kids trapped outside burning Colorado home.
    Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • There was so much pre- match negativity and expecting Arsenal to turn us over and moaning about the transfer window as if the club didn’t want to buy players.
    Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
  • First, a woman near the forge will be moaning about the blacksmith.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025

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“Yawp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yawp. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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