as in squealing
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as in shrieking
to cry out loudly and emotionally
yelped with surprise when everything fell off the closet shelf and onto his head
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yelping
Adjective
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No, because this is the NHL, where all the GMs are whiny babies and making trades is too hard.—
Sean McIndoe,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025 -
Kids between 2 and 3 may become clingy and whiny, and some can even regress.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Three were arrested, including — and here’s perhaps the wildest part — an unrelated man who showed up armed at the scene hours later, after a relative told him about the shooting, surrendered his firearms to police and began yelling at them.—
Joanna Allhands,
The Arizona Republic,
26 Dec. 2024
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And there are people yelling for Dylan to come back.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Meanwhile, Kennedy, a strident anti-vaccine activist, also appeared to be on a surprisingly smooth path after the Senate voted 53-47 to move forward with his confirmation.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
12 Feb. 2025
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Trump has tapped Kash Patel, a strident supporter and former federal prosecutor, to take over as the next director of the FBI.—
Jim Mustian,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The Wall, though, will be delightfully old school in a cap tip to the court-hugging, earsplitting, rowdy venues of college basketball’s glory days.—
Bryce MillerColumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2023
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In Soledar, an old salt mining town, earsplitting explosions crack in every direction.—
Jeffrey Gettleman,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2022
Adjective
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One spring day in Paris many years ago, my wife, Diana, a most penetrating photographer, capable of seeing like no one else, decided, as an experiment, to walk across the city blindfolded.—
Hisham Matar,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Aug. 2024
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Since the war began in Gaza, more than six months ago, the Israeli magazine +972 has published some of the most penetrating reporting on the Israel Defense Forces’ conduct.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2024
Adjective
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The Holy Father suffered no respiratory crises during the day, receiving oxygen through a nasal tube as has been the case in recent days.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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When not on mechanical ventilation, which pushes air into the lungs and does not require sedation, the pope receives a high flow of oxygen via small nasal tubes.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Only Jean-Baptiste could make such a screed so funny, so piercing and so devastating.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
10 Jan. 2025
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The two-story space offers a piercing and welding studio, as well as free engravings.—
Violet Goldstone,
WWD,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Yelping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yelping. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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