yap

Example Sentences

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Goose’s hackles rose along her back, and she began to bark in high, terrified yaps.

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“In which case, we would make sure there was none. Yap, yap!”

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Cassiopeia yapped in excitement, and then poked Beowulf, for her exclamation had sounded rather like his name.

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The children yapped in alarm, the admiral shouted words of courage, the widow wailed, and Lady Constance shrieked.

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“Can’t imagine why you bother with them, Freddy. They must be a dreadful expense to feed. And the noise! All that barking and yapping and ahwooing. Why not give them to the zoo?”

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