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Recent Examples of interjection
There were some less-than-serious efforts the likes of which have been seen in past years — underhand lobs from half-court, for example, and a whole lot of interjection from on-court emcee Kevin Hart — but there was at least some defense played.
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Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
Adams, who graduated from Oakland University with a degree in harpsichord composition, was known for blending a variety of musical styles with calming, cozy interjections that cemented her presence on radios across southwestern Michigan.
—Liam Rappleye, Detroit Free Press, 29 Dec. 2024
Williams gleefully interrupts Faith's stream of consciousness with a profound interjection.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 23 Dec. 2024
Thanks to his use of the telestrator, his signature interjections and his clear love of the game, Madden became a key part of every NFL fan's game day.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
Adams, who graduated from Oakland University with a degree in harpsichord composition, was known for blending a variety of musical styles with calming, cozy interjections that cemented her presence on radios across southwestern Michigan.
—Liam Rappleye, Detroit Free Press, 29 Dec. 2024
Williams gleefully interrupts Faith's stream of consciousness with a profound interjection.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 23 Dec. 2024
Thanks to his use of the telestrator, his signature interjections and his clear love of the game, Madden became a key part of every NFL fan's game day.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interjection
Noun
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In any case, despite critics’ cries of greenwashing and corporate astroturfing, there is still value to these devices.—
Kat Merck,
Wired News,
22 Apr. 2025
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This tender and slow hour isn’t for the restless, but a cathartic cry waits for those who make it to the end.—
Christian Holub,
EW.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The exclamations continued, though, with everyone else on my new team peppering their prose with similar jolts of electricity.—
Danny Heitman,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 Apr. 2025
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Therefore, superlative labels and exclamations are rarely helpful and can harm.—
Tim Maurer,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The other, posted to Instagram, reportedly showed a trans high school athlete (a minor) winning a track and field event, along with disapproving shouts from onlookers, per the decision.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
24 Apr. 2025
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The mouth is open just enough, perhaps because a shout of ecstasy had been ready to escape, if only the fan’s knocking at the door of the ecstatic had been answered.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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 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
Noun
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Now, Hanson and Norman say, that display has moved onto social media, where teens’ For You Pages are flooded with acceptance videos featuring screams of joy and tears.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Often reserved on the court, Holiday celebrated with a loud scream while walking toward the Boston huddle.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The music rises calmly, until a machine groans and a siren shrieks.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
9 Apr. 2025
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The air was filled with the shrieks of men in agony, the crackle of machine gun fire, and the thunderous explosions that shook the ground.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN,
7 Dec. 2024
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“Interjection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interjection. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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