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 And, this time for good measure, Jordan Davis returned the ball 61 yards for an exclamation-mark touchdown and a 33-26 Eagles victory, an uncomfortable echo of January’s playoff loss in Philadelphia. Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 21 Sep. 2025 Matt Prater's 32-yard field goal as time expired put an exclamation mark on what could turn out to be the NFL's Game of the Year, but some will remember Sunday's game for what happened away from the field. Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025 Or too much filler could be injected, which could lead to labia with an exclamation mark after them. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025 Crucially, the minutes leading up to those exclamations were not business as usual. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exclamation
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Noun
  • There’s going to be a lot of oohs and aahs and cries and laughs and love.
    Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Women from the village, who were down washing clothes in the river, heard the cries and rallied the community to help, Dumasá said.
    Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Sounds of loud trilling shouts after silent hunts, and singing.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Up ahead, two men argued, their shouts and curses drowning out the hum of a helicopter that circled in the distance.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Skinner's interjection became one of the biggest twists of the viral feud sensation between Gaines and Biles in early June.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The sketch concluded with Fey’s Noem defending ICE and reenacting a recruitment video for the agency (with a few interjections from Poehler's Bondi).
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For KATSEYE‘s Megan, that revelation arrived not during the live reveal or from celebratory screams, but in the glow of KATSEYE’s group chat.
    Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The teenage girl riding behind Chris and Cassie Evins on the Mamba let out a dramatic scream as the roller coaster zipped down the track last month.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Led by blaring ‘80s synthesizers and a pounding beat, the song features a distorted lead vocal from D’Angelo, who accompanies himself on multitracked backing vocals with the occasional soul shriek thrown in for good measure.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
  • After the shrieks stop, the clip shows the substantial crack Denny left behind.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Before ejaculation, mammalian sperm remain in a low-energy state.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Health professionals sometimes also prescribe SSRIs for off-label use including to help with binge eating disorder, fibromyalgia, premature ejaculation and vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause.
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Exclamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclamation. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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