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How to use yodel in a sentence

10 example sentences · verb, noun

Yodel means to sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto. Example: “The sentence "In every ode linger many" can be resegmented to read "I never yodel in Germany".”

More sentences with yodel

  • The sentence "In every ode linger many" can be resegmented to read "I never yodel in Germany".From the entry resegment
  • It will have me yodeling for many spank sessions to come.2021 October 20, Mary Frances "Francky" Knapp, “Review: I Tried the Satisfyer Pro 2 Clitoral Vibrator and It's Worth the Hype”, in VICE…. From the entry spank
  • In Country music prominent stylisms also employed include yodeling, crying, and “riding” an “r.”2008, Michael S. Benninger, Thomas Murry, The Singer's Voice, page 33. From the entry stylism
  • The boy clambers into Turo's arms and lets out a Tarzan yodel.1989 August, Islands: An International Magazine, Santa Barbara, CA, page 67, column 1. From the entry Tarzan yodel
  • For his money, the best person he ever heard do the "Tarzan yodel" was Edgar Rice Burroughs' grandson, Danton.2004, Bart Plantenga, Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo: The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World, New York: Routledge, page 300. From the entry Tarzan yodel
  • The guitarist wearing fatigues and sneakers, sitting on a stool telling down-home stories interspersed with a few yodels.1980 February 16, Althea, “Teresa Trull and Julie Homi with the Harp Band [review]”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 29, page 13. From the entry down-home
  • Our milkman is a jovial character, but not one given to yodelling at the customers on his round.1959 March, R. C. Riley, “Home with the Milk”, in Trains Illustrated, page 154. From the entry milkman
  • Feel like yodeling in the canyon?2004, John Waters, A Dirty Shame (motion picture), spoken by Sylvia Stickles (Tracey Ullman). From the entry yodel in the canyon
  • The people of Tirol are also noted for their cheerful good humour, and their songs, their yodelling and their schuhplattler dances are world-famed.1983, James Hogarth, transl., “Tirol”, in Austria (Baedeker’s), Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Spectrum, Prentice-Hall, Inc., →ISBN, “Austria…. From the entry schuhplattler
  • The yodel in it brought to mind incongruous images, full of holes as a Swiss cheese: among the alpenhorns and cuckoo clocks, cowbells clunked and donged like angeluses gone awry.1998, Ciaran Carson, Last Night's Fun: A Book About Irish Traditional Music, page 151. From the entry angelus

Meaning of yodel

  1. verb To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto.
  2. noun An act of yodelling.
  3. noun A song incorporating yodelling.

Full definition of yodel

Questions about yodel in a sentence

How do you use yodel in a sentence?
Yodel is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The sentence "In every ode linger many" can be resegmented to read "I never yodel in Germany".”
What is a short sentence with yodel?
“Feel like yodeling in the canyon?”
What does yodel mean?
Yodel means to sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto.

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