noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
give
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Then he stiffened as if sandbagged by a sudden recollection, gave a small yelp of terror and dashed into the gloom.
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She gave a smothered yelp of dismay.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She jumped back from the fire with a sudden yelp of pain.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Denice lets out little yelps of laughter at the occasional humorous moments and squirms and groans during the gory bits.
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I could tell by the yelps of anguish from the centralizers in Washington if by no other way.
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Only during a stop do they howl or yelp , as the frustration of inactivity gets to them.
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Ten minutes later, from somewhere ahead, I heard a little yelp and camel noises.
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The song crescendos and is destroyed in a flurry of yelps and crashing cymbals.
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Then they withdrew the arrows and held them up to view as before, with triumphant yelps.
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They woke in panic and, accompanied by Clarissa's yelps, were thrown out.
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Whimperings, body movements, tail-wags, even little yelps are all heard to emanate from sleeping canines.