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blat, blurt (out), bolt, cry (out), ejaculate
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Crippen exclaimed as the coast at Big Sur came into his view at 10:11 a.m. PST. — sandiegouniontribune.com, "April 15, 1981: Landing the First Shuttle Mission," 15 Apr. 2018 Almereyda exclaims when the filmmaker materializes, an unlit cheroot in his mouth. — New York Times, "Review: A Godard Film About Making Movies Arrives in New York," 12 July 2018 People exclaimed and stood up and wrote on the whiteboard and talked at once. — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, "Inside the Jet Propulsion Laboratory: NASA's Crazy, Kooky, Legendary Research Facility," 3 Nov. 2016 The officers exclaimed that the man had a gun, according to a lawsuit from Hill's family, and so the 30-year-old closed his door. — Josh Magness, miamiherald, "'Are y'all serious?' Jury gives 4 cents to family of black man killed by Florida cop," 1 June 2018 In Denmark, where celebrating the Fourth of July has become an annual event, more than 8,000 revelers gathered, even though the main speaker, Premier Hilmar Baunsgaard, exclaimed that the Danish government did not agree with U.S. policy in Vietnam. — Marissa Vonesh, Smithsonian, "How the Fourth of July Was Celebrated (and Protested) in 1968," 3 July 2018 Colbert exclaimed in reaction to the incorrect headline. — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, "Stephen Colbert apologizes to Trump, says 'CNN lies' after mistaking his show for 'SNL'," 30 Mar. 2018 Trump exclaimed, citing text messages between the FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. — Jeremy Herb, CNN, "From Reddit to Trump: How the President latched onto a conspiracy theory," 6 June 2018 Stanton exclaimed over the style and made herself up in the same way. — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, "Amelia Bloomer Didn’t Mean to Start a Fashion Revolution, But Her Name Became Synonymous With Trousers," 24 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'exclaim.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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