This so exasperated the Indians that they raised the war-whoop a second time, loud and fierce, and appeared determined to have vengeance.
The war-whoop was then raised, and the savages ran to and fro for a while, concealing themselves behind trees, some seventy yards from the house, under the impression probably that an immediate action would take place.
At the same moment, a terrible cry, the long fierce war whoop of the savages, burst from the forest, filled the air and came back in ferocious echoes.
Men and horses went down, and cries of pain and surprise blended with the war whoop of the savages which swelled and fell again.
And from all parts of the house a whoop of unrestrained joy went up.
They were still standing in breathless suspense, as the war-whoop rang in all the surrounding thickets.
The terrific war-whoop arose out of the covers of the island, and some twenty savages, horrible in their paint and the other devices of Indian ingenuity, rushed forward, eager to secure the coveted scalps.
They came slowly around a long curve and when the track straightened out again Phil gave a whoop of satisfaction.
He let out a whooplike a wild Indian to announce his arrival and his aunt came running down to meet him, her gentle face alight with pleasure and surprise.
He had scarcely ascended his perch when an Indian caught sight of him, and giving out a strange half-whoop and stream, he started on a full run toward him, closely followed by half of the entire party.
He had run perhaps a couple of hundred yards, or thereabouts, when a peculiar whoop from his pursuers announced that they had landed and were now coming speedily behind him.
It startled him as if it were the whoop of this Indians so close at hand.
In all his life Wabigoon had never heard Mukoki joke before, and with a wild whoop of joy he rolled the stoical old pathfinder off the rock on which he was sitting, and Rod joined heartily in Wabi's merriment.
Wabi whistled and sang wild snatches of Indian song by turns, Rod joined him with Yankee Doodle and The Star Spangled Banner, and even the silent Mukoki gave a whoop now and then to show that he was as happy as they.
I suppose I must have dozed a little, for the next thing I remember was the whoop of our siren and the engines going dead slow.
Every minute the siren gave a mournful whoop and the slow thump of the propeller made me miserable.
We would flash round a curve with a whoop of the horn, and those pitiless rays would suddenly reveal in stark loneliness a man and a girl, clasped in each other's arms.
There was a big whoop and hurrah and then the proposition died abornin'.
With a whoop he came jumping over the logs, straight for Jules Rondeau.
The war whoop of the Indians was incessant, and the deep cheer of the borderers replied to it.
It sounded like the whoop over the taking of a scalp or the capture of a prisoner, and his curiosity was aroused.
The fierce war whoopdied in many echoes, and bullets spattered the rocks about them.
I think we'd have lost 'em back there if it hadn't been for thatwhoop of mine," said Willet.
Tomahawks and knives gleamed, and the air echoed with fierce whoop of Indian and shout of borderer.
He started into a breathless run when Hannah's battle whoop reached him on the still air.
With a wild whoop she rushed at the two yeomen who stood on the threshold.
At the shrill whoop of their leader, with the rushing sound of a hurricane, the cohort clattered past the royal stand, and the moving forest of lances disappeared under a cloud of dust.
A fiendish whoop is the signal for the gathering of the clan; and, obedient to the call, each man at arms, grasping spear and shield, abandons his wretched wigwam with truly savage alacrity.
The wild whoop of the oppressed Galla, who demands redress, then mingles with the "Abiet!
Ricky is from Wyoming and she was illustrating a cowboy round-up whoop for me.
Braddock advanced carefully through the dense and silent forest, when suddenly this silence was broken by the war-whoop of the savages, of whom not one was visible.
Had I taken thy murmured blessing, my mother, for the whoopof the blacks, and Juba's low whine for the howl of the dingoes?
There is a whoop and hallo among the dogs, as with their best efforts they strive to keep ahead of the runner, to be ready for an emergency throw, should he be overtaken.
With a whoop and hallo, the heavy brigade strive to block him, but he makes a detour, leaps another hedge, and is speeding through another field.
After leaving Chicago, they seemed about to rush with a whoop into the moonlit waters of Lake Michigan, and in reality it was not much better.
The silence of the forest was so solemn, that, remembering the last of the Mohicans, we should not have been the least surprised if an Indian war- whoop had burst upon our startled ears.
I want Miss Shaw to come forward and give that Populist whoop that she promised she would last night," said a delegate.
Miss Shaw came to the front of the platform and said: "I do not know any better whoop than that good old tune, 'Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow.
Whoop fellers, whoop, for the drownded scoop, That departed this life in our Editor's soup!
With an ecstatic whoopthey rushed James Minturn, whose wide aching arms opened to them.
I suspicions it's one o' these new-fangled things nobody give a whoop for in the old days, but that draws down the money now.
These folks haven't any kin this side the border, and these greasers don't give a whoop for babies anyhow; too common.
Toby even partly opened the door--just a few inches for he did not want to make the acquaintance of that cat at close quarters--and banged it shut again, meanwhile sending a whoop through the slit.
While Toby and Lil Artha continued to whoopthings up another shrill outcry, this time from George, stilled their clamor.
No wonder Toby slammed that door so speedily, while his whoop ended in a yell.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "whoop" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
