exclamatory
adjective
ex·clam·a·to·ry
ik-ˈskla-mə-ˌtȯr-ē 
: containing, expressing, using, or relating to exclamation
an exclamatory phrase
Examples of exclamatory in a Sentence
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This rabid declaration gets spit out in a fireball of pure rage, as does much of the exclamatory dialogue, in an over-the-top, excessively violent action import from India.
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024
This question, with its exclamatory urgency, has never been more relevant to Twitter than in the past 48 hours, when Musk decided to nuke 17 years’ worth of brand awareness and rename the thing.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 25 July 2023
Grant instead heard whispers from teammates and got a couple of exclamatory high fives, but there was no jinxing him.
—Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
Alvin Trotman, a resident at the apartment complex, witnessed the almost-collision and made an exclamatory comment.
—Dallas News, 31 Mar. 2022
Melodrama, by contrast, was a futuristic cityscape rendered in synth pop: hard beats, gushing keyboards, exclamatory whispers.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2022
His tlayuda mastery began as a backyard project around 2010 and, spurred by the exclamatory reaction of friends, grew into a catering side gig by 2012.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
Were this a Western film, Toey would be exclamatory, insistent, while Nohng might cry or look away, blushing, as music swells in the background.
—The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022
These were signature moves, a star making exclamatory punctuation of his being, carrying himself in cursive.
—New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024
This question, with its exclamatory urgency, has never been more relevant to Twitter than in the past 48 hours, when Musk decided to nuke 17 years’ worth of brand awareness and rename the thing.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 25 July 2023
Grant instead heard whispers from teammates and got a couple of exclamatory high fives, but there was no jinxing him.
—Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
Alvin Trotman, a resident at the apartment complex, witnessed the almost-collision and made an exclamatory comment.
—Dallas News, 31 Mar. 2022
Melodrama, by contrast, was a futuristic cityscape rendered in synth pop: hard beats, gushing keyboards, exclamatory whispers.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2022
His tlayuda mastery began as a backyard project around 2010 and, spurred by the exclamatory reaction of friends, grew into a catering side gig by 2012.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
Were this a Western film, Toey would be exclamatory, insistent, while Nohng might cry or look away, blushing, as music swells in the background.
—The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022
These were signature moves, a star making exclamatory punctuation of his being, carrying himself in cursive.
—New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022
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“Exclamatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exclamatory. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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exclamatory
adjective
ex·clam·a·to·ry
iks-ˈklam-ə-ˌtōr-ē
-ˌtȯr-
: containing or using exclamation
an exclamatory sentence
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