exclamation
Example Sentences
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He had circled it himself, in red, with exclamation points, because it was the last day of school for the year.
From Literature
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The silver mechanical creature then starts thrashing around violently, to gasps and exclamations from spectators at the installation, designed to probe humanity's relationship with increasingly realistic machines.
From Barron's
“It’d be great if you had an exclamation point,” one of the owners says to her husband as she takes in the sign.
From Salon
In a follow-up, the AI made sure to use at least one exclamation point.
We greeted her with exclamations of surprise at the happy coincidence, and she did not appear suspicious to find us there.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.