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as in shrieking
to cry out loudly and emotionally
yelped with surprise when everything fell off the closet shelf and onto his head
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Recent Examples of yelping
Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Stephanie Pearson, Outside, 19 Feb. 2026
Tomasi can be heard yelping and grabs at her leg when struck, the video shows.
—Graham Hurley, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026
Start the day with yelping sea lions and a Coffee Girl latte at Pier 39, a 150-year-old former cannery, before hitting the town.
—Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
The powerful primate makes contact with the glass wall with a heavy thud, which leaves the group near the wall gasping and yelping in fear.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
The Dog Pound’s inhabitants will do more yelping than woofing.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
Kids pulled in on sleds by their parents are yelping in glee, slipping and sliding around jaws of ice.
—Stephanie Pearson, Outside, 19 Feb. 2026
Tomasi can be heard yelping and grabs at her leg when struck, the video shows.
—Graham Hurley, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026
Start the day with yelping sea lions and a Coffee Girl latte at Pier 39, a 150-year-old former cannery, before hitting the town.
—Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
The powerful primate makes contact with the glass wall with a heavy thud, which leaves the group near the wall gasping and yelping in fear.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yelping
Verb
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The finale is an ambiguous mix of jollity and agitation, with a piccolo shrieking above a militant march.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Mar. 2026
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When his kids melted down and started shrieking over the usual tantrum-inducing nonsense that sometimes sets off 4-year-olds, Buttigieg looked around nervously, gathered his family, and left the shop fast.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The choice to portray her as irritating, self-absorbed, whiny and inappropriate was no accident.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Mar. 2026
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Bearing the brunt of a 100-degree day and an insufferably whiny Annette at the beach, Daisy vents to João about the kitchen’s lateness.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Police were called to Access Self Storage at 7000 Southwest 22nd Court on March 1 after an employee reported hearing a man inside a unit screaming and asking for medical attention, according to the report.—
David Goodhue
March 10,
Miami Herald,
10 Mar. 2026
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During cross-examination of Kaley in February, a Meta lawyer played footage of her mother screaming at her that the teen had posted to social media, and displayed Kaley’s lower-case Instagram story rants about her home life.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Something’s always smoking or squealing with these boys, huh?—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2026
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Someone was squealing and crying at the same time, as if caught in a trap.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Putting an exclamation point on that thought with a scene of Carol yelling at a group of joggers to get out of the way while listening to a self-motivation audiobook makes her character assassination feel heavy-handed this early on in the seven-episode run.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2026
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Sunday after police responded to a report of gunshots and a person yelling for help at the park, which is in the 2600 block of Asilomar Drive.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Democrats’ Congressional leadership has been particularly strident in their opposition.—
Douglas Schoen,
Oc Register,
9 Mar. 2026
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Taking the podium in Beijing’s cavernous Great Hall of the People, Premier Li Qiang unveiled a 7% bump on defense spending while using strident language for the self-ruling island, over which China claims dominion.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Donald, Mark, Willie, Billy, and Tony — practically everyone in Hollis within shouting distance of 203rd Street was laughing at me at earsplitting volume.—
Stephen A. Smith,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2023
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The Wall, though, will be delightfully old school in a cap tip to the court-hugging, earsplitting, rowdy venues of college basketball’s glory days.—
Bryce MillerColumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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One spring day in Paris many years ago, my wife, Diana, a most penetrating photographer, capable of seeing like no one else, decided, as an experiment, to walk across the city blindfolded.—
Hisham Matar,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Aug. 2024
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Since the war began in Gaza, more than six months ago, the Israeli magazine +972 has published some of the most penetrating reporting on the Israel Defense Forces’ conduct.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2024
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“Yelping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yelping. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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