interjection

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[ US /ˌɪntɝˈdʒɛkʃən/ ]
[ UK /ˌɪntəd‍ʒˈɛkʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
  2. an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion
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How To Use interjection In A Sentence

  • Not long after the rage-tastic clip was posted online, a shady character by the name of "RevoLucian" posted "Bale Out — RevoLucian's Christian Bale Remix" on YouTube, a techno-ripping, demonic dance party in which Bale's berating is repeated ad nauseam under pictures of the actor and random f-bomb interjections from Barbra Streisand. You Can Now Dance To The Sound Of Christian Bale’s Fury » MTV Movies Blog
  • Bearing in mind the way in which human interjections baffle the average writer, we cannot be surprised at the poor success that crowns the endeavours of the naturalist to syllabise bird notes. A Bird Calendar for Northern India
  • As well as being finely crafted there is a unifying mood that reaches a peak in an expressive pedal point, sustained dissonance in the horns with side drum interjections, preparing for a pensive conclusion.
  • Puccini's genius for the dramatic undercurrent, often heard in bold brass interjections, heightened the tension throughout.
  • Conversely, the interjection of an apology into this situation yields several ameliorative results.
  • There could have been an overtone of mockery in Romira's interjection. A DAYSTAR OF FEAR
  • A manuscript I'm editing uses "for Christ sake" in dialogue as an interjection, which is fine in the context, but I can't find a decent reference for the most common spelling. Ianrandalstrock's Journal
  • I had indicated to the Committee that frivolous interjections designed to break up speeches were out of order.
  • These dogs, when they spring into one's consciousness, are likely to bark out interjections such as, ‘What, ho!’
  • It is manifested rather in the exercise of a familiar yet unique utterance, an interjection that emerges at the limits of grammar and reference: the word heil, as in Heil Patriot Acts: The Political Language of Henrich von Kleist
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