whooping

Example Sentences

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Although it is not a vaccine, the vitamin K shot has been swept up in the same post-pandemic tide that has led to a drop in key childhood vaccines, including for measles and whooping cough.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

In the mornings, Christine eagerly awaits the brightly colored, highly vocal birds swooping into their garden, whooping their greetings before flying off into the junglelike foliage.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

It’s not too late to save the whooping crane, the red-cockaded woodpecker, the piping plover or any of the other 86 birds on the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Other vaccine-preventable diseases such as whooping cough also are on the rise.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

Skeezie says, and before you know it we’re all whooping it up and running to the computer to add these names to all the others.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe