Thesaurus results for INTERJECTION

interjection

noun

ˌin-tər-ˈjek-shən

as in cry

a sudden short emotional utterance a chorus of angry interjections greeted the announcement that our flight would be delayed

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Recent Examples of interjection 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 The tension between the siblings, the interjection of their critical mother and tough conversations give the state of Mel’s life more context. —

Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024 Seemingly amused, Judge Whitaker responded to Steele’s interjection. —

Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 12 Sep. 2024 Moderators’ fact checks lead to some backlash online Muir and Davis’s interjections to push back on some of Trump’s claims led to some backlash from Republicans online. —

Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for interjection

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Noun

The fundamental elements of African American music were the sounds of enslaved Africans; cries, hollers, call and response, additive rhythms, bent notes, hand-clapping, stomps and constant repetition of rhythmic and melodic phrasing (from which riffs and vamps were derived).

— Ronald E. Scott, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
His pain pours out, like a long cry from Syria’s dungeons, a cry that was silenced during more than half a century of rule by brutal despots, Bashar al-Assad, and his father, Hafez, before him.

— Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2025