as in cry
a sudden short emotional utterance the good news was greeted with a chorus of joyous exclamations

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Recent Examples of exclamation Look for devices with a yellow exclamation mark next to them. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2025 Richie, who let out enthusiastic exclamations throughout the performance, was transported right back to high school. Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025 Dramatic piano chords are stuck alongside sepia title cards that are pleasantly full of exclamation marks. Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 22 May 2025 Trump’s near panicky exclamation in the Oval Office that Ukraine’s defense of its territory could cause a nuclear war was extraordinary — and extraordinarily dangerous. Anthony Lake, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exclamation
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Noun
  • Whatever happened to the political left’s cry that no one is above the law?
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2025
  • Domestic ducks and roof-nesting jackdaws head for the eaves and flap their wings, and the heron’s sharp cry trails off on the waves.
    Aratus, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Was, who had been honored the night prior with the lifetime achievement award at the SFJAZZ Gala, also took the time to give a shout out to SFJAZZ’s executive artistic director.
    Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
  • Noisemakers and shouts greeted the announcement of each graduate’s name.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • This suggests that pain interjections may have originated from nonlinguistic vocalizations.
    Katarzyna Pisanski, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2025
  • His obsessive tweeting, often in the early hours of the morning, meant that bizarre and venomous interjections into the political process could erupt at any time of day or night, that at any moment the ground might again shift beneath us.
    Rebecca Solnit April 29, Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2021
Noun
  • Whistles and boos met Chelsea possessions and when Pedro Neto scored the opening goal for the Blues in the 13th minute, the cheers from the blue end of the field were overtaken by the screams of rebuttal from the Flamengo fans scattered around this massive stadium.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
  • After all, what would be more appropriate for our moment than a franchise movie that devolves into a series of anguished and disjointed screams?
    Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Pretty soon, the whine of the gears, the shriek of the diff, and the sheer cacophony of combustion make conversation all but impossible.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 28 May 2025
  • But deeper in, percussion livens up under orgiastic shrieks and a cameo on guitar from Adam Granduciel of the War on Drugs.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • For conditions like retrograde ejaculation, no treatment may be needed.17 However, if proteinuria is diagnosed, treatment may be prescribed to preserve kidney function.
    MD Published, Verywell Health, 3 June 2025
  • Noncancerous conditions like an enlarged prostate, prostatitis (inflammation), recent ejaculation, stress or even strenuous activity can temporarily raise PSA.
    Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 22 May 2025

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“Exclamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclamation. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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