How to Use yap in a Sentence

yap

1 of 2 verb
  • Kids were yapping in the back of the room.
  • The dog was yapping all night.
  • She seems to spend all her time yapping on the phone.
  • But enough yapping and more shopping.
    — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Birds swoop beneath the basket, and confused dogs yap up at it.
    — Kate Maxwell, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2022
  • So are five yapping dogs, a couple of which are in as bad a mood as Jerry.
    — Jack McCallum, SI.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • And dogs have been known to yap and masticate their displeasure.
    — Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Stecher yapped before practice, speaking with the ease of an old friend.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • And with yapping dogs, best to slow down and then speed up, to throw them off their trajectory.
    — Andrew Tangel, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2017
  • But choosing a breed that's less likely to yap at every stimuli can set you up for success, too.
    — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 27 June 2022
  • That appeared to motivate the point guard, who yapped after every big play.
    — Keith Pompey, Philly.com, 29 Jan. 2018
  • The feisty players took turns yapping at each other and officials.
    — Mark Medina, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Foxes use a variety of calls, including barks, howls, yaps, and growls.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Foxes use a variety of calls, including barks, howls, yaps, and growls.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Foxes use a variety of calls, including barks, howls, yaps, and growls.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Usually, some crazy pooch barrels along untethered and yaps away.
    — David Whiting, Orange County Register, 6 Mar. 2017
  • Consider that a good thing—who wants all the passengers seated around you yapping to the folks on the ground?
    — Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY, 11 May 2017
  • Both teams’ fans started chanting during the back-and-forth yapping between the players.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2018
  • All of this suggests that your co-worker who won’t stop yapping about how keto will change your life might be completely right.
    — Neil Swidey, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • But whenever my big sister offered up a compliment, my heart yapped back like a tiny chihuahua.
    — Rachael Cusick, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Maybe that's why United executives can't stop yapping about us.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Pete Crow-Armstrong heard yapping behind home plate.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • There were laughing vipers, yapping gargoyles, salamanders fanning the fire with their breath, and monsters that sneezed in the smoke.
    — Ken Follett, Smithsonian, 15 Apr. 2019
  • Ball, who was reportedly yapping nonstop from the sidelines, had nothing to say after that.
    — Angela Helm, The Root, 28 May 2017
  • The Warriors needed leadership, not someone yapping at the refs.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023
  • People have been yapping behind you, trying to start drama in your relationships.
    — Lisa Stardust, People.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The door was unlocked, and Cinnamon the family’s Yorkie yapped at the friend’s ankles.
    — Max Londberg and Laura Bauer, kansascity.com, 7 June 2017
  • Poole animatedly exulted, and yapped, all the way back downcourt.
    — Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, 27 Nov. 2019
  • The demonic Mephistopheles appears in the absurd form of a yapping black poodle and grants Faust his wish.
    — Merve Emre, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Jordan continues yapping about being emasculated and being less of a man for staying with his wife.
    — Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025

yap

2 of 2 noun
  • I heard yaps coming from the yard.
  • Your new best friend will thank you—in licks, tail wags, and happy yaps, of course.
    — Clarissa Schmidt, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The source said Green sometimes personalizes his yaps at refs.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Feb. 2018
  • No texting, no soda-sucking, and no chatter, save for a thoughtful yap every now and then.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2020
  • Some offer support via timely yaps, others by quiet companionship.
    — Natasha Frost, Quartzy, 11 Sep. 2019
  • The perpetual disconnect between NBA refs and players has risen to a crisis level this season, in no small part because the best team can’t shut its yap and play ball.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2018

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