Example Sentences

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Last week, I was standing with my adorable, ever-so-slightly thuggish labrador at the vet's when an older lady came in, clutching something small and yappy.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2023

Chihuahuas are labeled yappy and temperamental, whereas bulldogs are described as easygoing and sociable.

From Scientific American • Apr. 28, 2022

When Dexter was still a child, Harry discovered the corpse of the neighbor’s yappy dog, which Dexter had buried alongside other animal bones.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2021

"Small dogs are not inherently more aggressive or yappy than larger dogs," Reeve wrote to Salon.

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2021

“The only part I could ever play,” Connor said to me, “would be the part of an annoying, yappy dog.”

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling