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Recent Examples of exclamation
The extreme cold outbreak now arriving adds an exclamation mark to what has already been a cold month of January, which according to historical average, is on average, the coldest month of the year.
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Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
This all unfolded in a matter of a minute as scarlet and grey confetti began to fly into the early evening sky inside the Rose Bowl, a final fitting exclamation to a night of Ohio State dominance and Oregon strife.
—Christopher Kamrani, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
Gasps and exclamations evidenced that others had seen the shark, too.
—Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
Insert double heart-eyes and red exclamation mark emojis here.
—Shalwah Evans, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
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Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
This all unfolded in a matter of a minute as scarlet and grey confetti began to fly into the early evening sky inside the Rose Bowl, a final fitting exclamation to a night of Ohio State dominance and Oregon strife.
—Christopher Kamrani, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
Gasps and exclamations evidenced that others had seen the shark, too.
—Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
Insert double heart-eyes and red exclamation mark emojis here.
—Shalwah Evans, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exclamation
Noun
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For example, pain cries are often loud, high-pitched and harsh to grab the attention of listeners and elicit aid.—
Katarzyna Pisanski,
Scientific American,
21 Feb. 2025
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Sparse piano chords, a slow-blues structure, hovering orchestral arrangements and the cry within Ledisi’s voice all hark back to Nina Simone.—
Jon Pareles,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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So does Ancelotti, who raises his arms and shouts at the sky.—
Guillermo Rai,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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The love is mutual considering the 26-year-old athlete gave Burrows a shout out a few days before hitting the field at the Super Bowl.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Further, our species uses interjections to express emotions.—
Katarzyna Pisanski,
Scientific American,
21 Feb. 2025
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Those harsh, swelling wails of warning become the film’s punctuating sonic motif — in stark contrast to the buoyant, babbling vocal interjections of Alexey Shmurak’s unexpected a cappella score, a literal chorus of humanity amid the chaos.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
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Pleas to end the mayhem were also ignored by the crowd as screams and commotion continued to fill the terminal.—
Bonny Chu,
Fox News,
23 Feb. 2025
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But the shrieking Ben and Mari hear is more than just screams.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Upon opening the haircare tools — which retail at about $600 — the room filled with shrieks of happiness.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
23 Dec. 2024
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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 dialogue is both realist, full of the ejaculations and repetitions that characterize human speech, and poetic, with only the occasional anapest interrupting the poem’s iambic pentameter.—
Maggie Doherty,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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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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“Exclamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclamation. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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