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• Some dogs howl; more yelp; still more bark.From the entry still
• Supporters of behaviorism claim that to be "in pain" is nothing more than the tendency to wince, yelp, scream "ouch!" and so on.From the entry behaviorism
• The dog let out a yelp.From the entry let out
• Oona looked over to see her cousin jumping around, yelping and clutching his shorts.2025, Kate Korsh, chapter 9, in When Fairies Go Too Far (Oona Bramblegoop’s Sideways Magic; 4), New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons…. From the entry what the what
• Elwood caught sight of a football field where some boys scrimmaged and yelped.2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 45. From the entry scrimmage
• A thick voice yelped: ‘it’s the grands ducs on a stroll.’”2019, Dominique Kalifa, Vice, Crime, and Poverty: How the Western Imagination Invented the Underworld, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University…. From the entry grand duc
• My dad could hit his thumb with a hammer and yelp "Crimenetly!" but it didn't count.2006 October, “Close to Home”, in Indianapolis Monthly, page 70. From the entry crimenetly
• When she is not screaming she is yelping, "Run Doctor RUNNNNNN!"1999 June 27, J2rider, “Favourite companions to hate or love”, in rec.arts.drwho (Usenet). From the entry screamer
• If the surprise of having the chance didn’t take your breath away—you’d yelp with joy—of course.1913 March 5, Mae Tinee [pseudonym; Frances Peck Grover], “Right off the Reel: A Day in a Studio with Billie Burke”, in The Chicago Sunday…. From the entry fishess
• Malone and his filthy Fleet Street crew may be all yelping our praises yet."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC. From the entry Fleet Street
• There may be yelps and tears and red faces, as attested by numerous anecdotal eyewitness and first-person accounts.2016, Colin Farrell, Corporal punishment in US schools, World Corporal Punishment Research. From the entry paddled
• “I could have worn my glasses!” she yelped.2010 September 2, Diana Scholl, “Rachel Maddow: ‘Glenn Beck Was My Favorite Person of All Time on Radio’”, in Intelligencer, New York…. From the entry dummie
• Both girls yelped, falling into each other's arms.2006, James Clemens, Shadowfall. From the entry deerling
• She yelped, ripped me off her chest and flung me so hard against the wall my eyes went out of focus.2005, Phillip Gaustad, Carlocito, page 8. From the entry debreast
• But one guy was still yelping: a big-bellied biker, with a long, black beard that hung halfway down his bloated gut.1997, Alejandro Grattan-Domínguez, Breaking even. From the entry bellied
• Kerchieved women flash by, crazy little mutts yelp, and the red roses of samovars burn in taverns and houses.1973, Osip Emilevich Mandelstam, translated by Burton Raffel and Alla Burago, Complete Poetry of Osip Emilevich Mandelstam, Albany, N.Y.…. From the entry kerchieved
• Nawnim yelped, heaved away, struck his head on the underneath of the bed, and rolled into view bawling.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter V, in Capricornia, page 64. From the entry underneath
• Will kicked the dog underneath the covers and at the pet's yelp, Otto awoke and beat his wife.1934 July 10, “Flashes of Life”, in Prescott Evening Courier, retrieved 31 Oct 2013, page 6. From the entry no way to treat a lady
• "They all yelped, I remember, like a kennelful of puppies.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “In which Professor Challenger Goes Forth to Battle”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no.…. From the entry hare-brained
• I could not understand his intense feeling for his smelly hounds, with their horrible yelping and slobbing mouths.1924, Shane Leslie, Masquerades: Studies in the Morbid, page 32. From the entry slob
• Her glad free yelps brought the cousins rushing from their house, one lady furnished with a broom, the other with a duster.1944, Emily Carr, “Gertie”, in The House of All Sorts. From the entry broomed
• Pensak made an inarticulate shout of surprise, and O stepped away from the sudden precipice so hard that she collided with the back of the elevator, and yelped.2024 September 8, HarryBlank, “Next to Nothing”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2024. From the entry draw
• As soon as its paws touched ground, it darted forward with an excited yelp, only to be brought up short by the ribbon around its neck.2014, Jane Feather -, Trapped at the Altar, →ISBN. From the entry bring up short
• All the while Fritz was yelping and rolling on the ground, Rio stood watching smoke billow from his own arm; burning a pyrokinetically Enhanced man wasn't going to work.2011, Carlton N. Brock III, Enhanced, iUniverse, page 11. From the entry pyrokinetically
• Yes, getting up the mountain is more of a hassle — powder monkeys will probably yelp in frustration because of the extra minutes involved each morning.2006 November 19, Sean Newsom, “Europe's poshest ski chalets”, in The Sunday Times. From the entry powder monkey
• Lady Lewis sits crying in her room over the dog, & occasionally takes it out for strolls in the garden where it yelps like any other cur.1967 [1862], J. A. Symonds, “226. To Charlotte Symonds”, in H. M. Schueller, R. L. Peters, editors, The Letters of John Addington Symonds…. From the entry dogdoctor

Meaning of yelp

1. noun An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.
2. noun A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail.
3. verb To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.

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Questions about yelp in a sentence

How do you use yelp in a sentence?

Yelp is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The puppy let out a yelp when I stepped on her tail.”

What is a short sentence with yelp?

“The dog let out a yelp.”

What does yelp mean?

Yelp means an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.