Thesaurus results for EXCLAMATIONS

exclamations

noun

plural of exclamation

as in cries

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

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Recent Examples of exclamations His robust, under-appreciated score is composed with droning synthesizer undercurrents, old-fashioned action adventure fanfares, and intense rapid-fire tracks punctuated by brass exclamations and roaring percussion. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 July 2026 Bernardo Silva, possibly Guardiola’s favourite ever player according to some close to him, is still known as ‘Bernardiki’ around the dressing room, even among new players, because that is what Guardiola called him two years ago, during one of his regularly strange training-session exclamations. — Sam Lee, New York Times, 25 May 2026 The deck is silent but for the clicking of cameras and the low buzz of exclamations as a new set of lights appear. — Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026 Their callouts vacillated from descriptions riddled with scientific jargon to exclamations of awe and joy. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2026 His statement, which horrified Americans and those watching abroad, followed days of similar exclamations, including multiple threats to destroy power plants and bridges in Iran. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 8 Apr. 2026 Listeners replied with claps and exclamations of eager agreement. — Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026 His popularity in other corners was evident in an October appearance on The View, in which cohost Whoopi Goldberg had to reprimand the audience for shouting out too many supportive exclamations. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026 Chung has rabbits, including Junie, a mini rex, the softest breed of rabbit, whose pillowy, ultra-silky fur draws exclamations of amazed delight from those who touch her. — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025

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Noun

Lacking life detection equipment, the workers strained to hear their cries.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
Each year on the night of September 15, Mexico’s president reenacts the famous grito from the National Palace in Mexico City, ringing the exact same bell Hidalgo did and leading the crowd in cries honoring the heroes of independence.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of cries

Noun

His appointment earlier this month on a 3-1 vote by the board drew boos and shouts from the public.

— Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2026
Clive and Roosevelt at last heard the shouts of the others and the wild baying cry of the lead dogs, unable to bring the bear to a full bay but easily able now to keep it in sight.

— Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of shouts

Noun

These types of meta-textual interjections are as much the core of the film as any one historical revelation.

— Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026
But Weitz’s scratches of synth and interjections of hurdy-gurdy—the instrument at the heart of his solo debut—complicate the surface-level beauty.

— Ethan Beck, Pitchfork, 12 May 2026

Definition of interjections

Noun

The screams at a Michigan bar in New York invoked Underwood’s name.

— Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
While the Silo 17 citizens are getting murdered en masse, Troy has the image switched to a thermal map and has the audio cut off, so that the people look like colored blobs — and so their screams go unheard.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

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