Definition of interjectionnext
as in cry
a sudden short emotional utterance a chorus of angry interjections greeted the announcement that our flight would be delayed

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Recent Examples of interjection The cast rises to the challenge of Churchill’s rapid-fire, often overlapping dialogue, with comedic highlights including Pope Joan’s coarse frankness and Dull Gret’s unexpected interjections. Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026 Schlanger, meanwhile, was not surprised by Salmela’s interjection. Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026 However, this interjection increases the probability of overlapping or even conflicting instructions to vendors. Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026 The rest were reactions and questions and interjections of shock. Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 26 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for interjection
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Noun
  • Advertisement Your heartbroken friend might want to rant and rave, cry, reminisce, sit in silence—or all of the above.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Russia celebrates, Ukraine cries, and the United States of America is diminished.
    Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Greene was responding to a post from Laura Ingraham, in which the Fox News host shared the reporting alongside two exclamation marks.
    Sophie Brams, The Hill, 12 May 2026
  • Stafford bravely let our first newspaper prototype go, and there was a collective sigh of relief and joyous exclamation when our kite flew.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • Stick with alcohol-free, subtle formulas so the scent settles into the fabric rather than shouts from it.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
  • Gone are the shouts, squeals, and Bowie impressions of 2022’s Freewave Lucifer fck.
    Ethan Beck, Pitchfork, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • Research has found that doing pelvic floor exercises can help with erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, and urinary incontinence, especially after prostate surgery.
    Stacey Colino, Time, 9 June 2026
  • The very much unrated film — showing unsimulated full penetration and ejaculation — streamed from 2017 until well into 2020.
    Gustavo Turner, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Her endless screams and sobs echo back to the agonized wailing of The Mist’s David Drayton, who murdered his child and friends for nothing.
    Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • The episode met with an enthusiastic response from the Taormina audience with squeals of disgust when Aemond seemingly leans into kiss his mother on the lips; as well as cheers, shocked screams and collective gasps as characters fought to the death, sometimes triumphing and sometimes not.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Less than 30 seconds later came the shriek of the two missiles that lanced through Turmus’ car.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
  • Metcalf gave the line a venomous hiss, before raising her voice to a shriek.
    Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2026

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“Interjection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interjection. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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