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exclaims

verb

present tense third-person singular of exclaim

as in shouts

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 exclaims Fieri exclaims as Jesser laughs. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026 Lopez exclaims before jumping in place excitedly and pulling Abdalla into a hug. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 23 May 2026 Zao exclaims on its Yelp page for the restaurant at The Village. — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 20 Apr. 2026 Denard exclaims, using an emerging slur against robots and AI. — Neda Ulaby, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026 Radcliffe exclaims in his London accent, walking hurriedly towards Liu and hugging her. — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026 These belonged to Kim Kardashian, André proudly exclaims. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2026 Espina exclaims, using a variation of his signature catchphrase. — Sam González Kelly, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2026 Rex, the green dinosaur toy exclaims. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2026

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In the background, an adult voice shouts at the bear, helping to scare the animal off.

— Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
If a street preacher shouts their sermon into a bullhorn on a public street, and a nearby business owner calls the police, who is in the right?

— Emily Holshouser July 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026

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Inning over, Skubal flexed and let out one of his patented primal roars.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 July 2026
But they were outnumbered three or four to one by Argentina fans, who drowned them out with long flat roars whenever their team repelled a Spanish shot, or bundled a player off the pitch.

— Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

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