How to Use exclamation point in a Sentence

exclamation point

noun

• Almirón put the exclamation point on the match in the 78th minute.
  — Jordan Culver, Pro Soccer USA, 30 June 2018
• This should be the exclamation point, but the Gators will fight until the end.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 23 Nov. 2022
• That play was the exclamation point to the whole darn season.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 30 Aug. 2021
• Taylor’s grand slam put the exclamation point on a 4-2 road trip for the Mets.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2024
• The prepared text had eighty exclamation points in it; Biden may have added a few more along the way.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
• The second was a wide-open 3-pointer and the third was a fast-break dunk that served as an exclamation point for the win.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Aug. 2023
• The exclamation point came in the closing minute, with the shot-clock running down.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2020
• The 4-year-old colt’s gate-to-wire win was a big exclamation point for the connections.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2023
• Late in the fourth quarter, Koch capped off the scoring by putting an exclamation point on the game.
  — Eric Bem, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 1 Apr. 2021
• Now that it’s here, it’s the exclamation point at the 40-year-mark of a career that finds the last 12 months to be one of their most eventful yet.
  — Lori Majewski, Variety, 4 Nov. 2022
• The epic scope of his finish put an exclamation point on it all.
  — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 16 Oct. 2019
• The brooch was like a boldface exclamation point on his high-wattage smile.
  — Guy Trebay, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• The old chimney, a concrete exclamation point in the sky, soon could be gone.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2019
• The Nicks concert put an exclamation point on the state-of-the-art Orion’s first season.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 1 Nov. 2022
• The 28-year-old put a giant exclamation point on that season that night against the Dodgers.
  — Mark Schmetzer, Cincinnati.com, 17 July 2019
• Harris added the exclamation point with his school-record fifth touchdown of the night for the 63-48 final.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 11 Oct. 2020
• The exclamation point is part of the group’s name but also befits the duo’s success.
  — Mara Reinstein, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2019
• The guy with Seattle ties put an exclamation point on his first week back in the Major Leagues in two years.
  — Dallas News, 4 July 2021
• The Spartans arm-pumped their way off the court at the final second exclamation point.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
• The exclamation point is a clue that this show, opening Friday, wants to wow you.
  — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2019
• The use of 12 exclamation points in the short tweets gives you some idea of Parsons’ excitement.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
• Mookie Betts reached base four times and Cody Bellinger put an exclamation point on the blowout with a three-run shot in the seventh.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2020
• The Vikings grabbed the rebound and got the ball into the hands of Meeks, who ended the game with an exclamation point via a thunderous dunk.
  — Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 26 Feb. 2022
• Schultz put an exclamation point on the victory with a dunk in the final minute.
  — Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press, 24 Mar. 2022
• In the long take, there are a lot of periods, commas, and exclamation points.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2023
• This is the problem that emojis and exclamation points seek to solve.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 8 Feb. 2020
• If the past few years of wildfires were a statement about climate change, 2020 was the exclamation point.
  — New York Times, 15 Dec. 2020
• In the final minute, Sanchez scored her first career goal to provide the final exclamation point on the night.
  — Adam Jardy, The Courier-Journal, 10 Apr. 2022
• And is Swift using exclamation points to lead up to a big announcement?
  — Bryan West, The Tennessean, 1 Aug. 2024
• False news stories often feature eye-catching, all-caps headlines with exclamation points.
  — Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Jan 2025