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
Her appearance and skill drew forth exclamations of praise.
It is a shame that the Canadian toponymic committee does not recognize exclamation marks as being a legitimate part of place names! VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 1
Here an exclamation of "Mercy, mercy!" called the esquire's attention, and he beheld his amiable consort sinking aghast, with uplifted hands on Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems
At least everyone is clear on what an exclamation mark is for, even if they overuse it.
I was sort of wonderin 'how long he could keep this up, and what would be the finish, when from behind me I hears this spluttery line of exclamations indicatin' rage. The House of Torchy
His exclamation point was a 56-yard touchdown reception from Otton in the third quarter.
It is widely believed that today's exclamation point comes from the Latin word io ` joy ', with the one letter placed above the other.) VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 2
Nick made to close the door, but was stopped by a sudden exclamation.
∗ The exclamation mark is called a factorial and represents the product of consecutive integers from 1 to the number before the factorial symbol. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
A column headed ITV Watch, possibly with a comma and an exclamation mark, would be far more useful, because hardly anyone does.
The tone is established early on; broad strokes of unbridled praise for friends, co-workers and pets, a breathless, accelerative pace and an embarrassment of exclamation marks.
He stepped on my feet about three times, and I successfully managed to hold in my exclamations of pain.
intersperse exclamation marks in the text
Now Tourre is a triple-exclamation-point "monstruosity" himself -- and, in true Goldman form, he made few apologies as he testified before the Senate investigators on Tuesday. The senators and their Fab foe
Chalmers, at the end of his long life, having had much power with the public, being plagued in some serious matter by a reference to public opinion, uttered the impatient exclamation, The public is just a great baby! Sesame and Lilies. Lecture I.-Sesame: Of Kings’ Treasuries
She's been turning ATP against my exclamation points! Times, Sunday Times
I saw her gazing earnestly at her brother's portrait and all the precious little objects consecrated to his memory, which I had arranged by my benitier and crucifix, but I did not expect her firs exclamation, when our woman had left us: 'Ah! Madame, how happy you are!' Stray Pearls
With an exclamation of surprise Ko-chin flailed her arms to stay balanced.
Now, without the flourish of an exclamation mark, that sign lacks verve or at least zeitgeisty voguishness. NBC Los Angeles - News Top Stories
Striped in a tiger mask, he feinted across the counter at Melanie; she bit off an exclamation.
She heard numerous exclamations shouted out behind her.
Exclamation marks suggest a certain unflattering ingratiation, especially in letters written to strangers.
But she saved her loudest exclamation for her two pet goldfish. Times, Sunday Times
And Antonio spent one portion of his life transforming a rocky hillside in Barcelona into a labyrinth of walkways, serpentine retaining walls, small ovalesque grottoes, a typography of earth and mind, a physical rendering of flamenco patterns, flying lines, and planes kerned in kinetic chthonic exclamations! The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
Doubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point. The most compelling, believable, realistic stories have included them both. Criss Jami
Amen! went up to heaven in ratification of the deed, mingled with a few hisses and wrathful exclamations from some who were evidently in a rowdyish state of mind, but who were at once cowed by the popular feeling. Revolution Day
Sue gave an exclamation as we got a clear sight of the house.
Then she received the candidate's thank-you note, laced with words like "hiya" and "thanx," along with three exclamation points and a smiley-face emoticon. Thx for the IView!
Doubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point. The most compelling, believable, realistic stories have included them both. Criss Jami
Strings of exclamations are generally disorientating and hard to process. Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » 2009 » May
I happen to have series one and three - if anyone has series 2, let me know ... the following descriptions are from the Nebulous fansite, Nebulous City - and they love exclamation points!! Jan. 12th, 2009 - Issue 0.034
With an exclamation of anger the savage seized his powder-horn to reprime, when a rude grasp was laid on his shoulder, and another Indian, who, from the eagle feather in his hair, and his general bearing, appeared to be a chief, exclaimed -- Ungava
Nowadays, he still punctuates every practice punch with a sharp verbal exclamation: Uh!
Suddenly, she gave an exclamation which was echoed by a jolly-looking person in her early thirties. ADRIENNE AND THE CHALET SCHOOL
Hurrah!" shouted Seth Allport, his ringing voice making itself heard above the sound of the rushing water and the echoing chorus of the men's cheers; but, an instant after, his exclamation of delight was changed to one of dismay, as a flight of arrows and the ping of rifle bullets whistled around the party, while the dread war-whoop of their Indian assailants burst forth in all its shrill discordancy. Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek
As a sort of exclamation point, Jesus then uses the apocalyptic imagery we have today.
A hasty exclamation was recorded faithfully over our detectaphone, close to the transmitter, evidently. Guy Garrick
If a message requires exclamation mark, you should probably contact the person by phone or face - to - face.
Renee, however, backed away with a little exclamation of surprise and dismay.
Multiple exclamation points have their place - in amongst hearts and flowers and smileys and emoticons and xxxx and x0x0x0x0 (to the uninitiated that's hugs and kisses) - in other words ‘nice, girly gossip’.
Gasps and exclamations of disgust and surprise rippled throughout the assembled crowd.
Use upright perennials such as gerbera, golden marguerite, and snapdragon for exclamation points of color.
It was a white triangle with a red border and a black exclamation mark inside and had to be pasted on the windshield and the back window of the cars driven by inexperienced drivers.
She would show the glittering arch of her upper third, occasionally, and scrape it along behind the comblike row; sometimes a pinnacle stood straight up, like a statuette of ebony, against that glittering white shield, then seemed to glide out of it by its own volition and power, and become a dim specter, while the next pinnacle glided into its place and blotted the spotless disk with the black exclamation-point of its presence. A Tramp Abroad
But these things obviously run deep and, looking again at that compellingly sensible squad of players, dusting off the freshly crayoned swooshes and exclamation marks, it has all started to look oddly familiar. Five-pint all-day bloatathon will never be England's cup of tea | Barney Ronay
With an angry exclamation she stopped to readjust the shoulder strap which her punishing pace had caused to slip. PASSION AND ILLUSION
It was too easy to be silly and goofy and laugh and use exclamation marks.
After our harmonic humiliation at the feet of the Lord we'd follow her to the diner across the street and eat a piece of coconut cream pie as Helga engaged in a kind of codified, small-town banter notable for its reliance upon exclamations, nods and the subtle inflection of the eyebrows to emphasize a point. Bootstraps
The exclamation mark suggests her fear is ungrounded, but the grandfather's answer is emphatic and direct.
‘There are not enough exclamation marks in this universe to convey the extremity of my recoil from a statement so reality-impaired,’ he wrote.
Instead of climbing back down to the seat with many grunts and exclamations, Philip stayed perched on the piano bench and started to sing scat.
One is reminded of the unmannerly exclamation, sometimes attributed to C.S. Lewis, that interrupted one of Tolkien's readings of "The Lord of the Rings" to his Oxford colleagues: "Oh no, not another f---ing elf! Writers at Work, Seeking a Spark
For several weeks, I was at a loss what to call it; but one evening, at a representation of "Romeo and Juliet," I heard the exclamation of _Romeo_, "Oh, I am fortune's fool!" and immediately appropriated it to my own needs. Confessions and Criticisms
I've got this kind of gut feeling that using italics, bold, ellipsis, exclamation marks in your writing is lazy.
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
This explains that famous exclamation of a Parisian gamin, a profound epiphonema, which the vulgar herd laughs at without comprehending, -- Dieu de Dieu! Les Miserables, Volume III, Marius
That is, the dwarf was silent but a sight to marvel at, while the sword told of battles, answered questions in excruciating detail, and harrumped avuncularly at exclamations. Operation Luna
As I was bombarded with more questions and exclamations, I could feel myself starting to lose my temper very fast.
Modern editors turn to dashes and exclamation marks to transcribe these rapid changes in thought and speech.
A single character combining a question mark and an exclamation - called an interrobang - didn't catch on because it doesn't read well in small sizes and never made it to standard keyboards, while, thanks to email addresses, the @, also known as an amphora, has become ubiquitous. NPR Topics: News
Sue gave an exclamation as we got a clear sight of the house.
Martha's exclamation of surprise and delight at seeing the leveret was the first sound that Stephen heard in the morning; but he preserved a sullen silence as to his absence the previous night, and Martha was too shrewd to press him with questions. Fern's Hollow
Without Leos Carax's all-caps MERDE between them, the sad, introversive films by Michel Gondry and Bong Joon-ho might make the exclamation point at the end of the title seem ironic. Paul Snyder: Tense Times in Tokyo! Town
Chanos attacked the documents, filling the margins with exclamation points and notations, and marking dubious footnotes with yellow Post-its.
“Gam,” a thing so utterly unknown to all other ships that they never heard of the name even; and if by chance they should hear of it, they only grin at it, and repeat gamesome stuff about “spouters” and “blubber-boilers,” and such like pretty exclamations. Moby Dick; or the Whale
Everyday language, involving a system of logical entailment, has to fall back into a kind of stammering utterance or pure exclamation.
Then exclamation marks abound, and she uses verbs in the imperative to heighten the drama of her warning to humanity.
It was easy to imagine legions of Internet-era Andrew Marvells staying up late in fluorescent-lit cubicles appending metaphysical exclamation points to celebrity photo captions that would rocket readers ever closer to the celestial objects of their desire: Shooting Britney
The soldiers burst out in the exclamation, so often attributed to them since, "Ecce Tiberim!"
Her intonation is rising throughout, partly due to the presence of so many questions and exclamations, but also because the lines follow on each other so rapidly.
Amazonian fair having overthrown and bestrid her enemy, was now cuffing him lustily with both her hands, without any regard to his request of a cessation of arms, or to those loud exclamations of murder which he roared forth. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
The Romantic plays increase the interrogations, apostrophes, abrupt interruptions, exclamations and leaders that were so evident in sentimental comedy.
Glossary abá: A Tagalog exclamation of wonder, surprise, etc., often used to introduce or emphasize a contradictory statement. abaka: "Manila hemp," the fiber of a plant of the banana family. achara: Pickles made from the tender shoots of bamboo, green papayas, etc. The Social Cancer
The author used three exclamation marks at the end of the last sentence to wake up the readers.
Hopeless as was the attempt to catch the bird, the joy of frightening it was sure; and our guide sprang wildly from side to side of the building, uttering exciting exclamations, and making vain passes at the little creature, which flew round high above her head, now and then settling in some secure "coigne of vantage. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864
Striped in a tiger mask, he feinted across the counter at Melanie; she bit off an exclamation.
Usually she prefaced her comments with the exclamation, ‘Ay, Senora!’
As I looked at them ponderingly, a frog far in the back of the cave gave a discordant, echoing croak, which started the sulky and suspicious black boy who attended me into an abrupt exclamation of semi-fright; while a scrub fowl, scratching for its living overhead, dislodged a chip of granite which went clicking down the rocks. The Confessions of a Beachcomber
Exclamations of joy coalesced into one voice, whose laughter tinkled oppressively through the clear, mountain air.
As she approached her room, hoping to find a good fire, she heard a flapping noise, which was suddenly interrupted by the rattle of a falling poker, followed by the exclamation, in a woman's voice, "Och, musha, I wouldnt doubt you. The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage
How do you mime the archaic exclamation ‘Zounds’, a contraction of ‘God's wounds’?
So it is recommendable to provide a meaningful text label ("OK" vs. "Alarm") or a symbol (checkmark vs. exclamation mark) in addition to the color coding.
The Romantic plays increase the interrogations, apostrophes, abrupt interruptions, exclamations and leaders that were so evident in sentimental comedy.
But the docken, man," said I-- "fusionless as a docken -- how classic! what an exclamation to proceed from the mouth of a solemn Don! Tom Cringle's Log
These gentlemen invited him to take a walk; and as soon as he was outside the door, he perceived the beautiful promenader, and could not restrain an exclamation of surprise and joy at the sight. Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon
The gentleman’s notice was very soon attracted; for he had not walked three paces, when he turned angrily round, and inquired what that young cur was howling for, and why Mr. Bumble did not favour him with something which would render the series of vocular exclamations so designated, an involuntary process? Oliver Twist
And he's done in an extremely Ovechkin style, with multiple hat-tricks worth of the phrase "haha," enthusiastic misspellings like announcing he was "in Maimi" or pledging to "bay some staff," and rapid-fire deployments of exclamation marks. How Alex Ovechkin got back on Twitter
The sudden exclamation of surprise and amusement from Jeffrey caught them all off guard.
The six riders jumped at the thunderous exclamation from a bush, which revealed a tall, solidly built man brandishing a sword.
As he turned to go back inside he realised that Dot was standing there watching him and he let out an uncontrolled exclamation.
FIRE and fury! distraction! destruction! and death! — with all the unmeaning exclamations of frenzical exclaimers! — what is now to be done? where can I be secure from the effect of enchantment? Vicissitudes in Genteel Life
Actors body it forth, personify, animate, amplify, isolate and expand gestures, emotions, exclamations, revelations and silences.
The force of Jem's sudden exclamation surprises even him, and he laughs after an embarrassed pause.
A sighting of the enormous, unpredictable rhinos, with two horns, the front one long and low-slung, and two coats of reddish fur, a soft downy underwool and an outer layer of long guard hair, always brought exclamations of wonder. The Mammoth Hunters
The Romantic plays increase the interrogations, apostrophes, abrupt interruptions, exclamations and leaders that were so evident in sentimental comedy.
Her appearance and skill drew forth exclamations of praise.
When overused, the exclamation point loses its impact '. Times, Sunday Times
The sublimity is so overpowering as naturally to prompt the exclamation that if the divine steeds were to leap thus twice in succession they would pass beyond the confines of the world. On the Sublime
She accepted with simple pleasure his conventional exclamations about her almond-shaped eyes, her tip-tilted nose, her smile that would ripen peaches on a garden wall.
Even with the exclamation mark, the analogy is inexact and unpersuasive. The Times Literary Supplement
The figure of exclamation, I call him [_the outcrie_] because it vtters our minde by all such words as do shew any extreme passion, whether it be by way of exclamation or crying out, admiration or wondering, imprecation or cursing, obtestation or taking God and the world to witnes, or any such like as declare an impotent affection, as _Chaucer_ of the _Lady The Arte of English Poesie
She heard a troubled exclamation of wonder, and then a call for herself. Emily Fox-Seton
Maybe I feel like putting exclamation points! Times, Sunday Times
The parson of the parish, who was one of the executors, and had acted as ghostly director to the old man, no sooner heard this exclamation than he cried out, “Avaunt, unchristian reviler! avaunt! wilt thou not allow the soul of his honour to rest in peace?” The Adventures of Roderick Random
Now, having thus gaily trimmed and set up this man of straw, — to whose framing I dare boldly say not one of his adversaries did ever contribute a penful of ink, — to show his rare skill, he chargeth it with I know not how many errors, blasphemies, lies, set on with exclamations and vehement outcries, until it tumble to the ground. The Death of Death in the Death of Christ
she gave an exclamation of delight
Wikipedia describes it well: "a nonstandard English-language punctuation mark intended to combine the functions of the question mark (also called the interrogative point) and the exclamation mark or exclamation point (known in printers 'jargon as the bang)". Daring Fireball
At length they gained the height, where the roar of the cascade was distinctly heard, at which Ella gave an exclamation of joy; they were so near home, as she called the cavern, for from the description of old Archy, in her childish fancy, she pictured it as a very desirable place. Jamie Parker, the Fugitive
A single character combining a question mark and an exclamation - called an interrobang - didn't catch on because it doesn't read well in small sizes and never made it to standard keyboards, while, thanks to email addresses, the @, also known as an amphora, has become ubiquitous. NPR Topics: News
Yet in precisely this jostling of succession, that wintry decline and fall of the precursor is already redeemed by the previous linear drop, despite the attempted brake of the exclamation mark. Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian
She gave a loud exclamation of delight.
This Haitian Vodou praise exclamation was immediately picked up and repeated by all of the Beninese participants as if it had already become part of Benin's Vodun liturgy.
Sometimes, though rarely, one may even find a devout religious exclamation.
When she was done, there were several exclamations of surprise.
Egyptian Mary uttered a few exclamations: "Ah, she unclothes herself! The Hidden Masterpiece
Here, the character's inner voice provides emotional commentary on movement exclamations and interrogatives, which suggest movement rather than narrate it directly.
He gave an exclamation of surprise.
And everywhere the people turning out, in their hands gifts of flowers, and fruit, and fish, and pig, in their hearts love and song, their heads bowed in obeisance to the royal ones while their lips ejaculated exclamations of amazement or chanted meles of old and unforgotten days. ON THE MAKALOA MAT
Suddenly, the dead silence struck me: my ear missed the "ruckle," and the occasional exclamations of delight. The Substance of a Dream
An exclamation of pain issued from the man as Kurt steadily applied more pressure to the wound.
He pressed his hand upon the mattress and uttered an exclamation. A Little Princess
It was the exclamation point for the first 5-0 homestand in franchise history.
The gentleman's notice was very soon attracted; for he had not walked three paces, when he turned angrily round, and inquired what that young cur was howling for, and why Mr. Bumble did not favour him with something which would render the series of vocular exclamations so designated, an involuntary process? Oliver Twist
Here and there a brief remark was appended to a date, usually no more than a single word: double occurring perhaps six times in a total of several hundred entries; and once very early in the list and followed by several marks of exclamation, total failure!!! Dr
They uttered exclamations of surprise, not nearly as used to the bizarre internal twist as the two older men.
Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Ryan smiling every time I let out an exclamation of surprise over the show.
His face was gleaming with sweat and suppressed exclamations of pain, his chest rising and falling heavily.
As someone who has overcome Tourette's - a syndrome that is often associated with coprolalia, the involuntary exclamation of obscenities - Dan Aykroyd has some choice words for David Cameron, who jokingly suggested that Ed Balls, the shadow chancellor, was showing symptoms of the condition in the House of Commons. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph
DO NOT use exclamation points and all caps to emphasize!
She thought in exclamation points. Anne of Green Gables
Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation. Isaac Newton
In tap, we have sentences and there is structure in the paragraph: All sentences begin with a capital letter; there are commas, exclamations.
The present-opening seemed to drag on forever, and Kate was exhausted by the end of it from all the affected exclamations of surprise and thanks.
She gave a loud exclamation of delight.
An exclamation mark suffixed nearly every rendering of the name at the launch in Monaco, but even Audi would not expect us to use it in perpetuity any more than Fiat expected a full stop after every reference to the original Punto.
Despite the exclamation mark, he talks in the flat, imperturbable vowels of Sussex, his voice rising not so much in volume as in exasperation.
Our captayne and we, all raysed with this crye, tooke weapon with all expedition, suspectyng that the Arabians were come to rob our carauana; we asked what was the cause of that exclamation, and what they cryed? Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
GAI AVEK gay-a-VECK An exclamation meaning “Go away!” or “Get out of here!” or “Get lost!” Yiddish for Nurses
The centaur's exclamation wasn't entirely because the coins stung, but because of the pun. Cube Route
With exclamations of delight the children clamored to help, or "muss Opening a Chestnut Burr
It's not subtle (note the exclamation mark) but it is impactful. Times, Sunday Times
Will he strike his ebony wood staff angrily on the floor, frightening him by the incoherent violence of his exclamations; or will he squat down with a good-humoured smile, and, rubbing his hands gently over his stomach with a familiar gesture, expectorate copiously into the brass siri-vessel, giving vent to a low, approbative murmur? Almayer's Folly
This song of himself is filled with exclamation points and pat truisms, however.
It announces a death penalty of guilt on our heads without lifting an exclamation point to give us assistance. Christianity Today
The whole plot of the Ciris is in fact unravelled by means of a series of allusions and suggestions, exclamations and soliloquies, parentheses and aposiopeses, interrogations and apostrophes. Vergil
This demonstrates how boy, like man, has transformed from a male term of address (or "vocative") into an exclamation that can be used regardless of the addressee's gender. Visual Thesaurus : Online Edition
I was puzzled by the recurrence, with slight variations, of this awkward group portrait and also by the exclamations of anger and the derisive snorts of 'Kaiser Bill!' that it elicited when I showed it to my elders, but, long before I had come to understand that the gentleman with the mustaches was the late emperor of Germany, the newspapers had lost interest in him, and his picture stopped appearing. The Kaiser and the Kritik
A long time afterward she recalled his exultant exclamation, checked at its outset -- recalled it with a perfect sense of understanding. Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3
This exclamation was hardly uttered, when the mule Jeanette, hitherto lagging behind, sprang forward in a gallop, hinnying loudly as she ran. The Boy Hunters
With an angry exclamation she stopped to readjust the shoulder strap which her punishing pace had caused to slip. PASSION AND ILLUSION
A drop of water fell on her bare arm and she jerked, a little bitten-off exclamation.
They drew together, uttering frightened exclamations; and the lights flashed as the others came pouring out of the cemetery pell-mell, like men possessed.
Only one quality brings a reporter out in such a rash of exclamation marks.
The others once and again during this prayer uttered in unison a single word or exclamationa kind of selah or amen. III. The Hopi Snake-Dance
Then he has the nerve to put a exclamation mark after the sentence!
There would be quiet talk, with occasional exclamations, yelps or shrieks from the children, but there was also a basic silence underlying all of it.
It contains 823 pages of learned, high-flown, flowery reflections on the glorious if doomed role of the poet in a nasty world, with a high incidence of exclamation marks.
_solopachium_, meaning a "mannikin eighteen inches high"; Saumasius proposes salopygium, a "wagtail"; several editors have _salaputium_, an indelicate word nurses used to children when they fondled them, so that the exclamation would mean, "what a learned little puppet! The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus
This explains that famous exclamation of a Parisian gamin, a profound epiphonema, which the vulgar herd laughs at without comprehending, — Dieu de Les Miserables
There were different versions of the expressions he had used at the onset of his complaint, -- some of the reported exclamations involving a breach of propriety, to say the least, -- but it was agreed that a man in an attack of neuralgy wasn't to be judged of by the rules that applied to other folks. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860
The exclamations seem to rumble up through McLeish's body as he delivers them, his feelings animating his frame.
At this crisis the women and followers of the Scottish camp, hearing such triumphant exclamations from their friends, impatiently quitted their station behind the hill and ran to the summit, waving their scarfs and plaids in exultation of the supposed victory. The Scottish Chiefs
Reaching us, every human being must grasp our hands, amid exclamations of ‘Bress you, mas'r,’ and ‘Bress de Lord,’ at the rate of four of the latter ascriptions to one of the former.
Will he strike his ebony wood staff angrily on the floor, frightening him by the incoherent violence of his exclamations; or will he squat down with a good-humoured smile, and, rubbing his hands gently over his stomach with a familiar gesture, expectorate copiously into the brass siri-vessel, giving vent to a low, approbative murmur? Almayer's Folly
And I forgot to say that one of my favourite, favourite exclamations is the one that I've only heard my nana, and latterly my mother, say.
A sudden exclamation of pain made Cede rush over to Retaw and check her injured wrist.
There would be quiet talk, with occasional exclamations, yelps or shrieks from the children, but there was also a basic silence underlying all of it.
Oh yes, if you want to know why there are exclamation marks on the ends of the title and chapter headings, it's because it makes things less serious.
There is an obvious parallel, therefore, between the bare infinitive's use in exclamations and that after need and dare.
That's how bad it is - I've had to resort to multiple exclamation marks to denote sarcasm.
The tone of the site is bang on target, from the over-excited use of exclamation marks to the mangled syntax and personal trivia.
Scarcely had these precautionary measures of safety been completed, when a shrill cry, as if by a child inside the vehicle, was heard, loud and continuative, which, after the lapse of some minutes, broke out into the urgent and reiterated exclamation of -- "Let me out! Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life
Doubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point. The most compelling, believable, realistic stories have included them both. Criss Jami
When the murmur of this applausive exclamation had subsided, Alexius proceeded: — “Once more, I say, that my faithful Grand Domestic, and those who act under him, will take care to commit the execution of such part of these orders as may seem aggressive, to troops of foreign appearance and language, which, I grieve to say, are more numerous in our imperial army than our natural-born and orthodox subjects.” Count Robert of Paris
Host's" exclamation, uttered after the "Reeve," has been (in his own style) "sermoning" on the topic of old age: -- Chaucer
Be careful about your use of punctuation, particularly exclamation points.
The author used three exclamation marks at the end of the last sentence to wake up the readers.
II. i.27 (220,2) [I was then frugal of my mirth] By breaking this speech into exclamations, the text may stand; but I once thought it must be read, If _I was_ not _then frugal of my mirth_. Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies
What Is This Thing Called Love? unfolds in raw exclamations over cymbal splashes, quickly racing uptempo; Nancy With the Laughing Face is a showcase for the more sensuous slow playing of both Hayes and the elegant Pine; and the classic Mexican Green shows the free-sermonising impact of John Coltrane before it turns into a staccato and gospelly groove. Tubby Hayes: Lament – review
Its narrative language all uses high - level, its only grammar rule is an exclamation mark.
Exclamation marks suggest a certain unflattering ingratiation, especially in letters written to strangers.
A film with music every five minutes is like a novel with ten exclamation points on every page - yet we, who would be embarrassed by a surfeit of exclamations, accept such musical slop unblinkingly.
Oscar, as the WBO champion, would put an exclamation point on his career if he were able to add the other three belts to his laurels.
The only way to battle it is to put more exclamation points! Times, Sunday Times
But recognizing directly that it was land, he cried out "hooray" which is the English exclamation of joy or applause, and asked for some drink money. Christoph von Graffenried's Account of the Founding of New Bern. Edited with an Historical Introduction and an English Translation by Vincent H. Todd, Ph.D. University of Illinois in Cooperation with Julius Goebel, Ph.D., Professor of Germanic Languag
[64] Gutierre de Cardenas was the first who pointed him out to the princess, exclaiming at the same time, "_Ese es, ese es_," "This is he;" in commemoration of which he was permitted to place on his escutcheon the letters SS, whose pronunciation in Spanish resembles that of the exclamation which he had uttered. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1
A larger magazine asked me to stylize my writing more; add more descriptives; use more dashes and exclamation points. Wordflab Surgery: How to Put Your Writing Under the Knife | Write to Done
Nor did they notice his occasional exclamations and utterances of phrases which meant nothing to them, as, for instance, when he smacked his lips and champed his gums while muttering: Page 5
Richard was not away five minutes, but returned with an exclamation of disgust, threw himself on the paillasse, lit a cigar, and opened a bottle of The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton
So the purple of the far mountains became intensely deep and rich if she distinguished it with an exclamation of praise; and when, now and then, the curtain of the houdah fell down, it seemed a sudden dullness had dropped from the sky, bedraggling all the landscape. Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ

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