How to Use yelp in a Sentence

yelp

1 of 2 noun

• The stunned blue marbles of his eyes, that strange yelp of his.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2017
• The Tesla turned the wheel to cross the yellow line, the driver let out a yelp.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2023
• The yips and yelps build and then, when a rasping zither called the ajaeang hits, all but catch fire.
  — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
• The deputy lost sight of them both but then heard a bark and a yelp, and Champ soon returned.
  — Matt Campbell and Kaitlyn Schwers, kansascity, 12 Dec. 2017
• He's been front-page for months, every bleat, blurt, yelp, and belch.
  — Author: Garrison Keillor, Alaska Dispatch News, 6 Aug. 2017
• The figure lets out a quick yelp and scurries back into the store.
  — Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 20 July 2022
• Rolfe fires his Taser and a yelp can be heard above the weapon’s electric crackle.
  — Brynn Anderson, The Denver Post, 14 June 2020
• All of it punctuated by the yelps and howls of the Mothers.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2023
• And Ernie would emit a great big yawn, or a yelp, or a prolonged, chirruping cry.
  — Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
• Nick Mione said Max misses Madie and cries and yelps in her absence.
  — Erika Pesantes, Sun-Sentinel.com, 22 Dec. 2017
• Once the first bird begins recalling with a yelp, cluck, or kee-kee, the game is on.
  — Gerry Bethge, Outdoor Life, 24 Nov. 2020
• Taj made a childish yelp, paddled back out, and the two traded three-foot tubes for the next hour.
  — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2021
• For most parents, asking a child to clean up is more likely to spark a tantrum than a yelp of joy.
  — Nora Krug, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2019
• Yelp, to take one measure, gives Trump Tower a three-star rating out of five.
  — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2016
• Timothy Manley then punched the dog with a closed fist, causing it to yelp, the report said.
  — Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY, 18 May 2018
• Pineiro made all five of his kicks, including a 58-yard field goal in the third quarter that elicited a yelp and fist pump from him.
  — Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, 25 Aug. 2019
• So far, no Yelp reviews of the new spicy sandwich have been posted from outer space.
  — Thomas Novelly, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2017
• Nogueira notes that most of Cafe Henri's Yelp reviews are written by out-of-towners.
  — Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, 23 July 2017
• Wagging her tail, Lua bent down to investigate—then jumped straight up in the air, letting out a yelp.
  — Jim Carlton, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022
• Valentich later heard a bark and a yelp before Champ returned.
  — Tod Palmer, Matt Campbell and Kaitlyn Schwers, kansascity, 24 Jan. 2018
• But then a flock of turkeys begins to tree-yelp and soon the woods around us are alive with a massive bachelor group of gobblers.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 2 Mar. 2021
• Before the first mile or yelp of any Slam quest, Budz said hunters must research and plan extensively.
  — Brian Lovett, Outdoor Life, 26 Jan. 2021
• On Yelp, Coco Massage has eight reviews and a four-star rating.
  — David Hernandez, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 June 2017
• Most of us do not relish the sight of the scuttling creatures and are more inclined to leap away with a yelp of disgust than to crouch down and admire them up close.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 8 June 2018
• All of a sudden, Bowie did a giant backflip while letting out an awful yelp.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 17 July 2021
• Suddenly, one of the men lets out a yelp and the camera swings to reveal a lone orca heading straight for the boat’s transom at an alarming rate of speed.
  — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 16 Aug. 2023
• In an adjacent locker room with her Cleveland teammates, each yelp pumped the senior guard up more and more.
  — Jayda Evans, The Seattle Times, 9 Feb. 2018
• White then came outside with a club and swung it at Stepp and her dog, causing the animal to yelp and leaving a mark on Stepp’s back, according to the report.
  — Bianca Padró Ocasio, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 May 2018
• Upon hearing the dog yelp in pain, Vinny began running toward his little fur-brother — and growled.
  — Michael Roppolo, CBS News, 31 May 2023
• At one point, Louis even let out a yelp — to the delight of his parents and Charlotte — during the flypast, which was scaled down due to rain, causing his family members to erupt into laughter.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 7 May 2023

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yelp

2 of 2 verb

• The dog yelped in pain.
• My dog, Roscoe, yelped with happiness at the sight of him.
  — Mandy Len Catron, New York Times, 23 June 2017
• The dog had a broken leg and yelped when officers touched it.
  — By Hannah Morse, miamiherald, 17 May 2017
• The officers share a laugh as the goat continues to yelp in the background.
  — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 10 May 2023
• Packs of preying coyotes will yelp to call a dog to come toward them to kill it.
  — Janet Eastman, oregonlive.com, 19 July 2019
• Judging from some of the crazed groans and yelps heard at Tuesday’s screening, well ….
  — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• Timothy Manley punched the service dog, Zariel, and caused it to yelp.
  — Bianca Padró Ocasio, OrlandoSentinel.com, 18 May 2018
• Ward yelps in pain, groans and says something inaudible on the body camera footage.
  — Eliott C. McLaughlin and Stella Chan, CNN, 23 Dec. 2019
• His call-and-response to Fritz, the absurd blond Labradoodle next door who yelps from the window of the first floor of the pale yellow colonial.
  — New York Times, 19 May 2020
• The dog being attacked was yelping in pain, his owner was punching the pit bull, trying to get it off his dog.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 3 July 2019
• There are some people that just can't dance, some people that can't sing (even in the shower), and some people that can't cluck, cut, and yelp like a turkey.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 24 Nov. 2020
• In the videos below, Johnston breaks down how to use a turkey mouth call, including how to yelp, cluck and purr, cutt, and even gobble.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 20 Feb. 2023
• If all is still quiet, start yelping and then finish with a few aggressive cuts.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 18 Apr. 2023
• The new safety netting, extended past the dugouts, didn't seem to bother anyone, though some baseball purists are sure to yelp.
  — Hailey Branson-Potts, latimes.com, 30 Mar. 2018
• Excited by the prospect of going for a walk, Harper, my 10-year-old cavalier King Charles spaniel, sprang down the hall, then skidded to a halt, yelping in pain.
  — Kim Campbell Thornton, sacbee, 30 May 2018
• Soon, that silence was pierced by the barking and yelping canine officers.
  — Maureen C. Gilmer, Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2018
• Sam yelps, drops her shiny, silver vibrator, and demands to know why Joelle wasn't still at study group (study group was an hour ago and Sam had apparently been at it for a while).
  — Kasandra Brabaw, refinery29.com, 8 May 2018
• People who were taking photos yelped and scurried away as water — and perhaps something else — rained down.
  — Danika Worthington, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2017
• When tight end Cole Kmet, who faced bracket coverage much of the night, appeared to break into the clear early in the third quarter, Herbstreit yelped at Book during the replay.
  — Mike Berardino, Indianapolis Star, 29 Oct. 2019
• As Thrillist reported in 2017, the social media age and the desire of patrons to yelp their every move makes the modern-day speakeasy’s success a delicate balance.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2022
• The Frames get their Internet connection from your smartphone over Bluetooth, which sometimes flakes out, leaving Alexa to yelp that it is disconnected.
  — Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2020
• Their feverish exertions, gasps and yelps theatricalize a common plight.
  — Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 19 Feb. 2018
• Right-wingers who constantly yelp about the need for congressional and legislative term limits would instantly oppose the idea for a conservative court.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2022
• On a recent Friday evening, huddles of adults were exuberantly reliving childhood, yelping and hollering with joy on one of the busiest streets in Manhattan.
  — Aaron Randle, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2020
• According to Collado, several residents in the Meridian Avenue apartment building heard Lucy yelping and crying and went to take a look.
  — Charles Rabin, miamiherald, 27 July 2017
• The wrong things stick out — the naked woman, the pizza parlor — while subtler details are invisible: old women on balconies drinking Coke and watching passersby, puppies yelping from garages, a fisherman shaking out a cigarette from a pack.
  — Andrew Sean Greer, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2023
• The audience members are quiet, attentive, respectful (moviegoers might yelp); for his part, Saul looks ecstatic.
  — New York Times, 2 June 2022
• This valuable spectrum, controlled by private investors, has been tied up in a bureaucratic standoff for nearly a decade, ever since the global-positioning industry, which operates in nearby bands, began yelping about interference.
  — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2018
• The dog yelped in pain.
• My dog, Roscoe, yelped with happiness at the sight of him.
  — Mandy Len Catron, New York Times, 23 June 2017

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