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Recent Examples of interjectionHowever, this interjection increases the probability of overlapping or even conflicting instructions to vendors.—Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026 The rest were reactions and questions and interjections of shock.—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 26 Nov. 2025 Skinner's interjection became one of the biggest twists of the viral feud sensation between Gaines and Biles in early June.—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025 Having been friends and collaborators for over two decades, the group's conversations are lively and filled with excited interjections, ultimately leading to agreement.—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for interjection
Sean said the dogs knocked his mother to the ground and continued attacking her as a passerby, who heard her cries from about a block away, rushed over on a bicycle to help.
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Angelique Brenes,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
Amazingly, there didn’t seem to be a single boo or any cries of dissent.
One of the headiest things about Adult Braces is how West’s prose style was pickled in the mid-2010s, so her use of caps lock and exclamation marks acted on me as a powerful Proustian madeleine.
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Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
22 Mar. 2026
Well, Tre White put an exclamation-point dunk through the hoop with 13 seconds left.
The prologue that opens Ragtime loudly announces the musical’s epic ambitions as its nine fictional characters and six of its historical figures introduce themselves with third-person narration and shout-singing.
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Manuel Mendoza,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Mar. 2026
The shout of glee at the news that Christopher Kane is the new creative director at Mulberry was practically audible across London this morning.
The junior left-hander, who is committed to TCU, celebrated just about every out with exuberance Tuesday, letting out loud screams and breaking out fist pumps after each strikeout.
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Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
She is played by Gus Birney, who is great; her line-reading of one of the episode’s titles is an absolute scream.
Is such an existential shriek into the abyss, all while living in a society suffused by mind-numbing grief and nationalism, worth subjecting yourself to?
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 Mar. 2026
Clad in tattered midnight rags, faces painted pale as a marble grave, the coven rushed forward arm in arm, their malevolent shrieks ringing through the Merchandise Mart.