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Recent Examples of interjectionThe 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
Festooned with stickers, exclamation marks and the kids’ own renderings of the Babe, the letters illustrate how much team mascots resonate with children.
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Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
Greene was responding to a post from Laura Ingraham, in which the Fox News host shared the reporting alongside two exclamation marks.
At times, the school board auditorium broke out into shouts between the groups who supported Alzubi’s reassignment and those who opposed it.
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Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2026
With its shout-along hooks and pop drama, Jack Antonoff’s latest isn’t so different from the others, but his myopic views on modern life and celebrity are becoming harder to bear.
Once seated, the crowd roared each time a member of the cast walked in, with the biggest screams by far going not to Anderson or co-star Assad Zaman but Eric Bogosian, who at 73 plays the youngest vampire of the season, Daniel Molloy.
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Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
Literature, in his view, was a susurrus of stifled screams, a missive from the netherworld of the collective imaginary.