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
  • On a StudBudz stream, Courtney Williams complained about having to share space at the team’s practice area, particularly when players and other attendees of the recreation center need to shower.
    Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Roman complains about pain in his feet, and Dennis offers him a foot massage.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Deputies arrived to the sound of screaming and found the 16-year-old Elijah Quintero on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Curtis Pleasant remembers wading through the water, chest deep, screaming and searching.
    Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Julia says, dropping to all fours and moaning amid a pile of straw on the floor.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Ellis could be heard moaning and could be seen lying on the ground.
    Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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

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