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Recent Examples of exclaim
His grandmother used to be an opera singer here in Cincinnati, Leithauser exclaimed over a trickling applause.
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Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 17 July 2025
Martin exclaimed to the thousands in the crowd, as if to celebrate Byron and Cabot’s evident bliss with each other.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
Wonders exclaims, as the others chuckle and gasp beside her.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 14 July 2025
Harold had exclaimed when the fetid, turquoise sea had at last come into view.
—Nicole Krauss, The Atlantic, 6 July 2025
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Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 17 July 2025
Martin exclaimed to the thousands in the crowd, as if to celebrate Byron and Cabot’s evident bliss with each other.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
Wonders exclaims, as the others chuckle and gasp beside her.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 14 July 2025
Harold had exclaimed when the fetid, turquoise sea had at last come into view.
—Nicole Krauss, The Atlantic, 6 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exclaim
Verb
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There was a man shouting the opening lyrics of each song as his kids rolled their eyes behind me.—
Courtney Devores,
Charlotte Observer,
28 July 2025
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Every twenty or thirty feet, a hawker would shout and cross the street to shake my hand, or step away from a storefront and fall in beside me.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
Verb
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In response to the roaring fans, the singer made sure to put them front and center.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
29 July 2025
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The highlight was a 540-foot rocket, on June 5, 1967, that roared over the most distant sign atop the roof of Philadelphia’s old Connie Mack Stadium in the deepest part of left-center field.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
27 July 2025
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“Exclaim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclaim. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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