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 The region’s colloquial exclamation alamak, which is used to convey surprise and dismay, is also included in the list, though its exact origin is uncertain. Peter Guo, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025 Therefore, superlative labels and exclamations are rarely helpful and can harm. Tim Maurer, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025 That put an exclamation mark on Buehler's eight-year major league career in (2017-24) in Los Angeles. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025 Pattinson cuts through all of it, one hangdog expression and mouth-breather exclamation at a time. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exclamation
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Noun
  • The last flareup in the early 2010s involved a string of self-immolation incidents that critics called a desperate cry against the Chinese government’s ever-tightening grip on Tibetan society.
    Steven Jiang, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
  • The cry here is not one of vulnerability or angst but the unruly register of creative freedom, of calling your power back.
    Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • William Nylander also deserves a shout here for his constantly creative play in Game 4.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
  • But we’re allowed to want more than a cheeky shout out.
    Ana Osorno, Them., 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Emotional vocalizations and interjections have been observed in every human culture studied to date.
    Katarzyna Pisanski, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2025
  • This suggests that pain interjections may have originated from nonlinguistic vocalizations.
    Katarzyna Pisanski, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Travelers in the next room heard her screams and called hotel staff, who then called police.
    Christine Pelisek, People.com, 1 May 2025
  • As his kids play around him, their playful shrieks blend with the screams and explosions of war.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The little shriek Hardy lets out when Venom headbutts him in the face?
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The music rises calmly, until a machine groans and a siren shrieks.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Research suggests myo-inositol helps regulate seminal fluid, which contains the sperm cells during ejaculation.
    Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Health professionals sometimes also prescribe SSRIs for off-label uses including to help with binge eating disorder, fibromyalgia, premature ejaculation, autism and vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause.
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025

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“Exclamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclamation. Accessed 13 May. 2025.

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