yelp
verb (used without object)
to give a quick, sharp, shrill cry, as a dog or fox.
have yelped
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present perfectof yelp.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“Favoritism?” the mother is said to have yelped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Or, as Doc Brown might have yelped, changes could have disastrous consequences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
Had the Mayor of Chicago been in the McMillin Academic Theatre at Columbia University last week he might well have yelped and yarred in anti-British fury.
From Time Magazine Archive
If ever underdogs have yelped for champions, the Anglo-Irish who did not move to Britain after bloody 1920 have.
From Time Magazine Archive
Any fool could have talked glibly about setting the town on fire; any coward could have yelped about the danger of it, and improbability of success.
From The Ivory Trail by Talbot Mundy
