yodel

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Recent Examples of yodel Immerse yourself in traditional Oktoberfest revelry with authentic German music, brimming steins and tasty German delights, plus dance contests, stein-holding challenges, yodeling competitions and other festivities. Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024 Musgraves grew up in tiny Golden, Texas, and started singing (and yodeling) as a precocious kid in an oversize cowgirl hat. Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024 And 16-year-old Ruby Leigh nearly did give McEntire a win in her first season as coach but the yodeling sensation was ultimately just edged out for the title by Virginia native and team Niall singer, Huntley. Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2023 The youngster has mastered the art of yodeling, a talent that earned her a four-chair turn. Lars Brandle, Billboard, 28 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for yodel
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yodel
Verb
  • The whole montage was respectful and gracious, with a classical score, rather than a pop chipmunk warbling a sensitive ballad about dead people.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Peggy Seeger’s 1957 recording of it is a brisk, warbling take with arpeggiated acoustic guitar — a classic example of the kind of carefree-songbird tunes from the early folk revival.
    Ben Sisario, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • King’s Bohemian Rhapsody, which was about another controversial pop star in Queen’s Freddie Mercury, overcame all obstacles and opened to $51 million stateside and crooned to north of $216M U.S./Canada and $910.8M worldwide with four Oscar wins.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
  • This is not a musical where senior citizens walk on stage and croon heartily to advise the next generation.
    David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The Knicks settled on running more offense through Anunoby and Bridges, the pair of wings who kept the offense humming with the All-Star and captain out due to injury.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Rising wages have enabled people to keep spending, which has kept the overall economy humming along.
    Scott Horsley, NPR, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The world’s second-largest economy continues to face a range of challenges, from job insecurity among the younger generation to sharp downturns in the property sector, once a cornerstone of the country’s economic growth.
    Hassan Tayir, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The former president's endorsement process has evolved from haphazard to sharp and effective, rendering all other endorsements all but obsolete.
    Kaleigh Rogers, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • There’ll probably be some cowbells, and there might be someone trilling in sultry Portuguese or a burst of wordless, stoic alpha-male grunts.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Her soft-focus voice floats over trilling mandolin picking and reserved fiddle.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • And then, just to troll everybody, the photographer asks them to smush their cheeks together.
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
  • During Monday's match between The Bay Golf Club and Boston Common Golf, LPGA superstar Nelly Korda hilariously trolled Keegan Bradley for his outfit and mustache on Instagram.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • And since Joan herself, with that quavering soprano, is a fierce customer, famous in her own right, she’s done with being treated like Dylan’s accessory.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The reflections of the icebergs quavered in the water, which was blue to the edge of purple.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024

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“Yodel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yodel. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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