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 Travis, sitting next to Swift, plays his part as a hype man during the intro by chiming in with exclamations to underline her most impressive accomplishments. Bryan West, The Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2025 Travis Kelce, sitting next to Swift, plays his part as a hype man during the intro by chiming in with exclamations to underline her most impressive accomplishments. Bryan West, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025 Huntr/x songs live in Demon Hunters’s universe as diegetic pop music and not just coincidentally very melodically buoyant exclamations of a character’s feelings and goals. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025 The dweller, like the pilots in the film, made dopey exclamations of awe. Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exclamation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exclamation
Noun
  • While conservatives have periodically questioned the need to fund public media throughout its decades, Berliner's essay provided a new rallying cry.
    David Folkenflik, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The dog's cries pierced people's hearts, and as of Thursday, the TikTok video reached over 278,000 views and 40,300 likes.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There were shouts and even a near miss from a water pistol.
    Judith Martin, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • An eclectic mix of Web3-native headlines, from sales stats to upcoming events to brief artist shout outs, make this missive a must-read for any follower of the tokenized digital art community.
    Ana María Caballero, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Having been friends and collaborators for over two decades, the group's conversations are lively and filled with excited interjections, ultimately leading to agreement.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Honey Don’t feels like an odd interjection into a cinematic conversation that was already underway.
    James Factora, Them., 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Voices gasped, exhaled for a beat, then rose up in screams of horror.
    Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In fact, the night’s singer-guitarist sang all the hits of the ‘00s and nearly everyone was scream-singing along.
    Tim McGovern, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • From there, most of the trailer consists of rapid-fire flashes of unsettling imagery, including a man yelling with blood dripping from his mouth, muddy human footsteps on a hardwood floor, blood rinsing down a bathtub drain, and a distressed shriek from Indy.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • After a brief chat with the other players in my group, we are whisked down stairs and along corridors – whose décor is akin to that found in a Scottish castle – passing doors from which come shrieks of denunciation and denial.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • After all, science says regular ejaculations are healthy.
    Mikelle Street, Them., 19 Aug. 2025
  • The boat rose on end, and her bows were buried in an instant; a hurried ejaculation, at once shriek and prayer, rose to the lips of the bravest when, unexpected mercy!
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025

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“Exclamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclamation. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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