yay
Example Sentences
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The circumstances suck, but, yay, it’s a fun ride.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
I hadn't thought about it till it came out in the press, so yay, yay for me.
From Barron's ● Jan. 17, 2026
Roy runs into Phoebe’s teacher — yay, Phoebe, genuinely and always — and she says he seemed “stuck” the last time they spoke, which evidently serves to immediately unstick him.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2023
"A black president, yay, and his black wife."
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2022
Another boat song: "Quee yay hanno ha.—Quee yay hanno ha."
From Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island by Basil Hall
