yelp
verb (used without object)
to give a quick, sharp, shrill cry, as a dog or fox.
had yelped
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past perfectof yelp.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Many a time, watching a Western cinema, these admiring partisans had yelped with the same emotion as a valiant posse thundered to the rescue of the beleaguered hero.
From Time Magazine Archive
They halted once to listen, for a dog had yelped.
From A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton
She too had yelped the story of her loneliness to the moon.
From Lives of the Fur Folk by M. D. Haviland
Lefty, the gambler who had yelped about psi powers at the game, dealt the tenth hand.
From Card Trick by John Berryman
