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Recent Examples of exclamation
Sherwood put the exclamation mark on Vancouver’s spirited first-period effort by opening the scoring.
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Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 17 Dec. 2024
Yet the most unexpected pieces will come with an exclamation mark.
—Sandra Salibian, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
The Boston Red Sox acquired left-handed pitcher Garrett Crochet from the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday, putting an exclamation mark on their Winter Meetings activity with a blockbuster trade.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Sometimes involving ear-splitting hollering or other exclamations of a brain-numbing piercing quality.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 17 Dec. 2024
Yet the most unexpected pieces will come with an exclamation mark.
—Sandra Salibian, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
The Boston Red Sox acquired left-handed pitcher Garrett Crochet from the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday, putting an exclamation mark on their Winter Meetings activity with a blockbuster trade.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Sometimes involving ear-splitting hollering or other exclamations of a brain-numbing piercing quality.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exclamation
Noun
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Americans responded to the cries of hunger in Ethiopia.—
William Lambers,
Hartford Courant,
19 Jan. 2025
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Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth’s opening statement was repeatedly interrupted by several protesters who were swiftly removed from the hearing room after disturbing his confirmation proceedings with shouts and cries.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Using an ingenious strategy, Corbett positioned the villagers to create a human barrier, their loud shouts and pounding drums designed to flush the tiger out of hiding.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth’s opening statement was repeatedly interrupted by several protesters who were swiftly removed from the hearing room after disturbing his confirmation proceedings with shouts and cries.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Williams gleefully interrupts Faith's stream of consciousness with a profound interjection.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
23 Dec. 2024
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The director illustrates much of this through long, patient takes, often keeping distance with interjections of a slow push in towards Lee’s face, studying him in meditation as the the sounds of the natural world quietly score the scene, as though the two are in communion.—
Kambole Campbell,
IndieWire,
5 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Tall trees and a high concrete wall obscured the view and the screams of the camp so that Rudolf’s wife Hedwig and their five children – Klaus, Heidetraud, Brigitte, Hans-Jürgen and Annegret – could live shielded from the atrocities committed just feet from their door.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN,
17 Jan. 2025
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Berg’s depiction of the Mountain Meadows Massacre is disorienting, nightmarish and terrifyingly immersive, a bravura symphony of whizzing arrows and curdling screams.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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As Hollis releases her son’s hand and backs into the kitchen, Richard shrieks at Pino.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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The falsetto, the audience interaction and holy crap, that incredible shriek at the end.—
Charles Masson,
TVLine,
25 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Excess Semen Semen, or seminal fluid, is the sperm-containing substance that males at birth secrete during ejaculation.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
14 Dec. 2024
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Seeing the actual act of ejaculation on-screen magnifies the euphoria of this moment and how much joy can be derived from prioritizing and pleasuring yourself as well as others.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
7 Dec. 2024
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“Exclamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclamation. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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