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UK
/ɛksklɐmˈeɪʃən/
]
[ US /ˌɛkskɫəˈmeɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌɛkskɫəˈmeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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an abrupt excited utterance
there was much exclaiming over it
she gave an exclamation of delight -
an exclamatory rhetorical device
O tempore! O mores - a loud complaint or protest or reproach
How To Use exclamation In A Sentence
- But this exclamation is hyperbole; we are not speaking in literal seriousness.
- The words heard by the party upon the staircase were the Frenchman's exclamations of horror and affright, commingled with the fiendish jabberings of the brute.
- Now the first bolt of lightning stabs the earth. It is heaven's exclamation point 3.
- He had already lifted the skin flap to depart, when a low exclamation brought him back to the girl's side. The Sun of the Wolf
- The "hup" was rather an exclamation of necessity than of delight, inasmuch as that it was caused by Davie coming suddenly down flat on the ice in the act of vainly attempting to go leap-frog over Mivins's head. The World of Ice
- It's full of phonemes, guttural exclamations and limpid hisses.
- Her appearance and skill drew forth exclamations of praise.
- There was a shift in the audience as to the meaning of his sudden exclamation, especially its lack of any emotion.
- Now the first bolt of lightning stabs the earth. It is heaven's exclamation point 3.
- In places where I would be steady, she would add an exclamation point. Times, Sunday Times