How to Use yodel in a Sentence

yodel

1 of 2 verb
  • Like Google’s, this video brings up the kid who yodeled in a Walmart.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, Vox, 20 Dec. 2018
  • This country duet won the crowd's hearts (and now ours) because who else can yodel a country song and be this cute?
    Madison Alcedo, Country Living, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Neil Salsich isn’t strictly a country singer, but the guy sure can yodel.
    Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The Walmart yodeling boy probably thought the same was true for him.
    Mikael Wood, The Mercury News, 28 June 2019
  • The 11-year-old went viral this spring after yodeling a Hank Williams song at Walmart.
    Carter Karels, San Antonio Express-News, 29 May 2018
  • The now-infamous Walmart yodeling boy is set to take the stage at Coachella.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Find an old cowhand with an old guitar To yodel me joyfully on my way.
    Carson Vaughan, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2018
  • Spring is just around the corner and there's no better way to enter the season of renewal than singing, or maybe yodeling.
    Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Ramsey also provides viewers with some of his signature yodeling before Bebe Rexha jumps in for a hug from the young star.
    Rebecca Schiller, Billboard, 20 May 2018
  • Hedge funders are supposed to be yodeling Tarzans, not fragile consumptives in a Verdi opera.
    Jennifer Senior, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2017
  • When summer reaches the Alps of southwestern Austria’s Tirol Province, yodeling farmers gather in the dawn light to urge drowsy cows into milling herds.
    Danielle Bernabe, National Geographic, 15 Sep. 2019
  • The young boy who went viral for yodeling his heart out in the middle of a Walmart was the unexpected hero of the first weekend of popular music festival Coachella.
    Cady Lang, Time, 16 Apr. 2018
  • O’Riordan’s yodeling vocals, sung in her thick brogue, were as distinctive as her shorn head and punkish on-stage persona, helping to usher The Cranberries onto the global stage during the early 1990s.
    Flora Carr, Time, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Modern paleontologists often refer to those extinct dinosaurs as non-avian -- that is, non-bird -- dinosaurs to distinguish them from avian dinosaurs, the ones with feathers that fly and yodel in the spring.
    Steven Austad, AL.com, 14 Apr. 2018
  • The first is marked by a yodeling refrain that places what's to come somewhere between Appalachia and the Alps, befitting a quintet that spans time, space and subject matter, united only by Coen's singular voice.
    Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2019
  • After a slew of song and dance routines, Miss Louisiana — Laryssa Bonacquisti — took the stage with two puppets and performed a ventriloquist act, complete with yodeling!
    Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE.com, 11 Sep. 2017
  • The boy yodeling at Walmart, too, has inspired many to create their own musical mashups, capitalizing on his pure a cappella vocals.
    Raisa Bruner, Time, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Young Mason became an internet sensation earlier this year when a video of him yodeling at a Walmart in Illinois got a huge reaction online.
    Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 11 May 2018
  • As a student of Irish poets and literature, her songs incorporated yodeling and Gaelic words unknown to most.
    William Goodman, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Along the way, individual chapters recount episodes of moose hunting, cow wrangling, yodeling, horse riding, cross-country ski racing, caring for his son after an accident, and learning to be an Opa — a grandfather.
    Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Feb. 2018
  • Night of German culture and art; entertainment, stein-holding competition and yodeling contest.
    Jennifer Jhon, South Florida Parenting, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Like Google’s, this video brings up the kid who yodeled in a Walmart.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, Vox, 20 Dec. 2018
  • This country duet won the crowd's hearts (and now ours) because who else can yodel a country song and be this cute?
    Madison Alcedo, Country Living, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Neil Salsich isn’t strictly a country singer, but the guy sure can yodel.
    Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The Walmart yodeling boy probably thought the same was true for him.
    Mikael Wood, The Mercury News, 28 June 2019
  • The 11-year-old went viral this spring after yodeling a Hank Williams song at Walmart.
    Carter Karels, San Antonio Express-News, 29 May 2018
  • The now-infamous Walmart yodeling boy is set to take the stage at Coachella.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Find an old cowhand with an old guitar To yodel me joyfully on my way.
    Carson Vaughan, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2018
  • Spring is just around the corner and there's no better way to enter the season of renewal than singing, or maybe yodeling.
    Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Ramsey also provides viewers with some of his signature yodeling before Bebe Rexha jumps in for a hug from the young star.
    Rebecca Schiller, Billboard, 20 May 2018
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yodel

2 of 2 noun
  • That's a world-class voice crack, the type that sounds like a yodel.
    Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 6 Jan. 2018
  • Listen to the remix, as well as the original yodel, below.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Gerold Schneider’s resounding yodel, belted out from 7,710 feet, signals the start of the ski day in Lech.
    Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Tarzan, perhaps with a yodel, grapples with the problems of a colonial empire.
    Wm. Roger Louis, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018
  • And adding to the sustained yodel of Swiss pride are 16 life-size, fiberglass cows popping up all over town, decked in folk costumes that would do Heidi proud.
    Raphael Kadushin, National Geographic, 7 Aug. 2020
  • During the summer, they can be identified by their shiny black head and bill, small red eyes, and distinctive calls — tremolo, wail, yodel, and hoot.
    Margeaux Sippell, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2018
  • O'Riordan's trademark powerful, unique voice, with its yodels and Irish accent, came to characterize the band's sound.
    Author: Elahe Izadi, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Jan. 2018
  • This is acoustic-minded rock music, with vocal harmonies, pedal steel, maybe even a yodel.
    John Adamian, courant.com, 23 Dec. 2017
  • Ramsey nails the vocals of the tune, as expected, as well as his characteristic yodels.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 8 June 2018
  • Mason’s yodel was caught on camera and was subsequently shared across the internet.
    Diana Pearl, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2018
  • On stage, longtime performers Jimmy and Eckhard sing traditional German songs and yodel while playing the accordion, spoons, alpine bells, the singing saw and even a large alpine horn.
    Vincent Crampton, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 May 2018
  • The bleacher bums behind me began to emit guttural effusions, a sort of existential, yowling yodel.
    Michael Powell, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Focus was a mostly instrumental band known for its electrifying or terrifying yodels on the earlier hit Hocus Pocus.
    Mike Oliver | Moliver@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2019
  • That's a world-class voice crack, the type that sounds like a yodel.
    Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 6 Jan. 2018
  • Listen to the remix, as well as the original yodel, below.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Gerold Schneider’s resounding yodel, belted out from 7,710 feet, signals the start of the ski day in Lech.
    Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Tarzan, perhaps with a yodel, grapples with the problems of a colonial empire.
    Wm. Roger Louis, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018
  • And adding to the sustained yodel of Swiss pride are 16 life-size, fiberglass cows popping up all over town, decked in folk costumes that would do Heidi proud.
    Raphael Kadushin, National Geographic, 7 Aug. 2020
  • During the summer, they can be identified by their shiny black head and bill, small red eyes, and distinctive calls — tremolo, wail, yodel, and hoot.
    Margeaux Sippell, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2018
  • O'Riordan's trademark powerful, unique voice, with its yodels and Irish accent, came to characterize the band's sound.
    Author: Elahe Izadi, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Jan. 2018
  • This is acoustic-minded rock music, with vocal harmonies, pedal steel, maybe even a yodel.
    John Adamian, courant.com, 23 Dec. 2017
  • Ramsey nails the vocals of the tune, as expected, as well as his characteristic yodels.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 8 June 2018
  • Mason’s yodel was caught on camera and was subsequently shared across the internet.
    Diana Pearl, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2018
  • On stage, longtime performers Jimmy and Eckhard sing traditional German songs and yodel while playing the accordion, spoons, alpine bells, the singing saw and even a large alpine horn.
    Vincent Crampton, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 May 2018
  • The bleacher bums behind me began to emit guttural effusions, a sort of existential, yowling yodel.
    Michael Powell, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Focus was a mostly instrumental band known for its electrifying or terrifying yodels on the earlier hit Hocus Pocus.
    Mike Oliver | Moliver@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2019

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