yelping
- present participle of yelp.
Example Sentences
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And I like the people yelping “This is golf, not the UFC!” as if a mixed martial arts crowd would somehow be worse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025
Huw Jones said he heard a strange yelping noise coming from part of his land.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2024
However, the researchers also noted more signs of stress in the e-collar group, including yawning and, in some dogs, yelping.
From Salon • Sep. 25, 2022
The New York Times once described it as “shimmering and yelping and borderline whimsical,” and the song was nominated for a Grammy in 2016.
From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2021
The discs sprouted thin, wiry legs like spiders and skittered into the crowd, where they affixed themselves to Mr. Flux’s troops, delivering electrical charges that sent them yelping up and out of the fray.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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