whoop

Several years ago, on a cross-Atlantic literary festival where Shriver was an invited author, I observed a packed audience whoop and cheer Shriver’s mordant observations about everything wrong with the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026

The smash-up of the fantastical and the familiar is disorienting and gets even stranger when the reckless kids start to whoop like they’re on Muscle Beach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025

As the male lead entered the stage in a new production of “Romeo and Juliet” in London, a single, very loud whoop erupted from the orchestra level.

From New York Times ● May 24, 2024

Young babies may make a distinctive "whoop" or have difficulty breathing after a bout of coughing.

From BBC ● May 10, 2024

And all the other Cloud-Men immediately let out a strange high-pitched whoop of joy and started jumping up and down and waving their arms in the air.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl

As lightning continued to flash on the horizon, the public address system came alive to say "Test 1, 2, 3," leading to whoops among the crowd, hoping it was a sign of an imminent reopening.

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

There were shrieks of relief and whoops of disbelief, tears and fireworks and renditions of “Empire State of Mind” and “New York, New York.”

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026

The whoops across the field suggested that might’ve been what happened.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026

After each one emerged from the water, there were whoops and songs of joy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

The room burst into whoops of excitement and applause.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

When Verdugo appointed himself mayor, the audience whooped and clapped.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

But a final run on which he did two flying laps enabled him to pip Antonelli by 0.068 seconds and Russell whooped with delight on the radio after realising he had secured pole.

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

Audience members clapped and sang along to “Thriller” and “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’,” and whooped every time Michael — played with admittedly impressive accuracy by Jackson’s nephew, Jaafar — hit a spin or kick.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026

Peppiett found himself getting a standing ovation from several people in the room, including the members of Kneecap, as the audience cheered and whooped for him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2025

We whooped and ran off, past the plump, squawking chickens roaming the yard, away from the house, and down the soft slope of farmland that ran along the woods.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

And she said the hospital had treated her husband for whooping cough for six weeks when he was a child.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

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

In the 1780s Thomas Jefferson was serving as a diplomat in France when the Marquis de Lafayette brought him a message of unwelcome news from Virginia: His young daughter Lucy had died of whooping cough.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

If it looked like you might try to come in, he’d flap his arms like a bird and leap around, hollering and whooping.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns