whooping

Example Sentences

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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

He followed that with a series of whooping cheers.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2025

TAPPER: Hepatitis A, whooping cough, and chickenpox cases are rising in Florida.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2025

It really was like their own private party with their whooping and hollering now behind us.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English