as in cry
a sudden short emotional utterance the good news was greeted with a chorus of joyous exclamations

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Recent Examples of exclamation Microsoft's example for how this is useful uses the exclamation mark emoji. James Peckham, PC Magazine, 9 July 2025 With a 6-3 ruling Friday restricting the power of judges to issue nationwide blocks on presidential initiatives, the court put an exclamation mark on a term dominated by Trump victories. Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 June 2025 Second-year outfielder Andy Pages hit a go-ahead double in the 10th inning to propel LA to the win, adding an exclamation mark to a great season so far with the Dodgers. Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025 Rafael Devers then delivered the exclamation mark in the ninth with a solo shot to the second deck, and Toro finished the scoring with an RBI double. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for exclamation
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Noun
  • A bit more time can pass here, amidst the continuing cries of children swimming, as the great sun descends as low as possible to meet the mountain.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
  • Trump slapped additional tariffs on automobile parts, inciting cries of protest from American car companies.
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • This book is a shout out to the silence that so many women live in every day.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 25 July 2025
  • Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company in Phoenix Arizona Wilderness got a shout out for its Green Chili Pulled Pork Fries ($15), made with duck fat fries topped with Wilderness beer cheese, pulled pork, green chili and parsley.
    Bahar Anooshahr, AZCentral.com, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • When Murkowski finally appeared on the floor, she was quickly surrounded by Thune, Barrasso, Graham and Senate Finance Committee Chair Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), who barraged her on all sides with points and interjections.
    Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 29 June 2025
  • This suggests that pain interjections may have originated from nonlinguistic vocalizations.
    Katarzyna Pisanski, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The screams of their hungry children are often unbearable.
    Sarah El Sirgany, CNN Money, 30 July 2025
  • The screams layered together, rising and echoing in a hellish chorus.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 28 July 2025
Noun
  • When a truck carrying Mr. Nasrallah’s coffin entered the stadium, the crowd erupted in shrieks and cries as the voice of the former Hezbollah leader — clipped from his speeches — echoed from speakers.
    Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Late in the show, a lone woman’s passionate shriek activates something in McCartney.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Other signs are pain during ejaculation or a decrease in the amount of semen.
    Julie Scott, People.com, 8 July 2025
  • The count itself can go up and down depending on the frequency of ejaculation, time of year, or whether someone is injured or has a fever.
    Aria Bendix, NBC news, 3 July 2025

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“Exclamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclamation. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

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