1. The dogs yapped at his heels.

2. They were small and they yapped.

3. The little dog yapped frantically.

4. The poodle yapped and snapped.

5. The dog yapped at the stranger.

6. Many dogs yapped and barked, but none appeared to exhibit extraordinary signs of pending natural disaster.

7. Six foot high and floodlit, they winked, mewed and yapped when the door bell was rung.

8. Nor was it any triumph of democracy: in 1653 the new boss, Oliver Cromwell, sent Parliament (such as it was) packing, nominated his own poodle body, and when the poodles yapped kicked them out too.

9. I like dogs, but I do not appreciate being jumped on, licked, sniffed, followed around or yapped at.