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 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 Louise exclaimed in disbelief in a video taken moments after King proposed. Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025 When Damone and Ruby were, eventually, arrested, Damone smugly exclaimed that his lawyers would get him out, but the future was not so rosy for Ruby. Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exclaim
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  • Traditionally, the upside down American flag signals distress, and that was the mood expressed as speakers shouted, cried and chanted with the crowd of around 100 people.
    Harley Walls, Arkansas Online, 17 May 2025
  • The rhythmic track—where there are no lyrics, only shout outs to the album’s collaborators—sets the perfect tone for the cultural-statement-making production: a strong blend of Cuban timba, rumba and hard-hitting bass and claves.
    Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 16 May 2025
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  • Before the players even reached the court, the home crowd roared as camera crews displayed the defending champions on the jumbotron.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 18 May 2025
  • Every time Dylan picked up a harmonica, the crowd roared.
    Brady Gerber, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025

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“Exclaim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclaim. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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