as in to shout
to utter with a sudden burst of strong feeling the whole team exclaimed with one voice, "We won!"

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Recent Examples of exclaim Van Etten exclaimed after the audience’s rapturous applause. Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025 But one day, while playing, his sons exclaimed OKO and the name stuck. Gary Stern, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025 Teddy exclaimed, taking his one-millionth photo of the morning. Bonnie Tsui, AFAR Media, 6 May 2025 Huebner exclaimed), and later Serwat would get a Halal lunch in the school’s cafeteria. Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for exclaim
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  • Demonstrators shout and film at police during a protest in the Paramount section of Los Angeles on June 7 after federal immigration authorities conducted operations.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 June 2025
  • On Sunday at Michigan International Speedway, NASCAR made official what the Ram trucks parked in the fan midway and the Ram show truck rambling about the grounds had already shouted all weekend—unless Stellantis has taken up recreational tailgating.
    Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
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  • But Alcaraz roared back to win the third set, punctuating it with a forehand volley into the open court that snapped Sinner’s streak of 32 straight sets won at majors.
    Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
  • Carlos Alcaraz roared back from down two sets to defeat Jannik Sinner 4-6, 6-7-6, 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 in an epic five-hour plus French Open final on Sunday.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 8 June 2025

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“Exclaim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclaim. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.

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