Example Sentences

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All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have whooped them up and tried to enforce them.

From Time • Apr. 16, 2013

Keggs could have whooped with delight had not such an action seemed to him likely to prejudice his chances of retaining a good situation.

From The Coming of Bill by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

A month ago they would have whooped derision at the suggestion of riding anywhere after fresh eggs and "juvenile hens," but now it seemed to them very natural and very necessary.

From The Happy Family by Bower, B. M.

Had Bud been with them they would probably have "whooped it up" with joyous, care-free exuberance.

From The Boy Ranchers in Death Valley or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery by Baker, Willard F.

He held his handkerchief over his gory face that the sight might not distress her; he could have whooped with delight at the joy that flashed through her wet lids.

From The Valley of the Giants by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)