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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.
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Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
The interjection came as King Charles and Queen Camilla visited the Australian capital Canberra to meet the nation’s leaders, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
This big chunk of the episode, before the two big reveals — the verdict and the killer — is mercifully free of flashbacks, dreams, and interjections.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 24 July 2024
Fully Emotional Conversation Current services often miss non-textual information like tone, pauses and interjections due to their conventional approach to audio interaction.
—Zack Zhuang, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
The interjection came as King Charles and Queen Camilla visited the Australian capital Canberra to meet the nation’s leaders, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
This big chunk of the episode, before the two big reveals — the verdict and the killer — is mercifully free of flashbacks, dreams, and interjections.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 24 July 2024
Fully Emotional Conversation Current services often miss non-textual information like tone, pauses and interjections due to their conventional approach to audio interaction.
—Zack Zhuang, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interjection
Noun
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For weeks now, Haiti’s volatile capital has been caught between cries and gunfire, armed gangs and mass exodus, and anxiety and silence.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
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In the theatre, though, peals of laughter drowned out Melton’s cries and the scene’s devastatingly anticlimactic end.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2025
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What Aimee Lou Wood conveys with an energetic smile and exclamation, Walton Goggins portrays with a scowl and an expletive.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
16 Feb. 2025
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The whole movie is in Spanish — Ferrell’s inability to speak Spanish actually does get funnier as the movie goes along — and it’s shot like an old Mexican melodrama, with extreme close-ups and exclamations to the camera.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The team of masons, covered in dust and sweat, had been working in the ruins of the Altadena house for hours when a shout echoed across the wreckage.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2025
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In her speech, Gadot gave a sweet shout out to her daughters and husband Jaron Varsano.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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Men’s health content related to topics like testosterone, vasectomies and premature ejaculation is so pervasive on social media, in fact, that a 2022 study waded through all of it to find some of the inaccuracies in the high volume of content that was already reaching men.—
Mara Santilli,
Flow Space,
4 Mar. 2025
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The low concentration of sperm in each ejaculation may be why hyperspermia can cause fertility problems.1 Researchers aren’t sure why this happens.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
14 Dec. 2024
Noun
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As the evening presses forward, a shrill scream goes thundering across the third floor, and the camera pans to showcase A.B. lying dead in the game room.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2025
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More than once, Mariana emits an exasperated scream that goes on and on and on, almost like an operatic aria.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Suddenly, a woman is yanked through a mirror — a moment punctuated by the funniest shriek this side of the Wilhem scream — and the plot is pulled into the ’80s: a critical framing shift that’s never once made explicit.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
3 Jan. 2025
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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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“Interjection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interjection. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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