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Recent Examples of exclamation
That put an exclamation mark on Buehler's eight-year major league career in (2017-24) in Los Angeles.
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Pattinson cuts through all of it, one hangdog expression and mouth-breather exclamation at a time.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
Scheer was smart to whittle down the novel’s winding sentences into short, sharp exclamations and curt instructions — and also to be faithful to Melville’s rendition of the captain’s irritable diction.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
What Aimee Lou Wood conveys with an energetic smile and exclamation, Walton Goggins portrays with a scowl and an expletive.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 16 Feb. 2025
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Pattinson cuts through all of it, one hangdog expression and mouth-breather exclamation at a time.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
Scheer was smart to whittle down the novel’s winding sentences into short, sharp exclamations and curt instructions — and also to be faithful to Melville’s rendition of the captain’s irritable diction.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
What Aimee Lou Wood conveys with an energetic smile and exclamation, Walton Goggins portrays with a scowl and an expletive.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 16 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exclamation
Noun
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In any case, despite critics’ cries of greenwashing and corporate astroturfing, there is still value to these devices.—
Kat Merck,
Wired News,
22 Apr. 2025
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This tender and slow hour isn’t for the restless, but a cathartic cry waits for those who make it to the end.—
Christian Holub,
EW.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The other, posted to Instagram, reportedly showed a trans high school athlete (a minor) winning a track and field event, along with disapproving shouts from onlookers, per the decision.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
24 Apr. 2025
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The mouth is open just enough, perhaps because a shout of ecstasy had been ready to escape, if only the fan’s knocking at the door of the ecstatic had been answered.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Further, our species uses interjections to express emotions.—
Katarzyna Pisanski,
Scientific American,
21 Feb. 2025
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Emotional vocalizations and interjections have been observed in every human culture studied to date.—
Katarzyna Pisanski,
Scientific American,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Now, Hanson and Norman say, that display has moved onto social media, where teens’ For You Pages are flooded with acceptance videos featuring screams of joy and tears.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Often reserved on the court, Holiday celebrated with a loud scream while walking toward the Boston huddle.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The music rises calmly, until a machine groans and a siren shrieks.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
9 Apr. 2025
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The air was filled with the shrieks of men in agony, the crackle of machine gun fire, and the thunderous explosions that shook the ground.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN,
7 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Health professionals sometimes also prescribe SSRIs for off-label uses including to help with binge eating disorder, fibromyalgia, premature ejaculation, autism and vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Research suggests myo-inositol helps regulate seminal fluid, which contains the sperm cells during ejaculation.—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Exclamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclamation. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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