as in cry
a sudden short emotional utterance a chorus of angry interjections greeted the announcement that our flight would be delayed

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Recent Examples on the Web But his random dinnertime interjection about physical discipline in Korean schools probably wasn’t the best icebreaker? Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 May 2024 Nickel Boys is something far more complex and confounding, leaning heavily on point-of-view and the interjection of related archival material to create something that is an abstract pastiche of fictional narrative and documentary. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2024 One woman in the crowd began a series of interjections. Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2024 After that, the show quickly became very sports-focused with occasional Newsom interjections. Lindsey Holden, Sacramento Bee, 25 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for interjection 

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“Interjection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interjection. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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