EXCLAMATION in a Sentence
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127 example sentences for EXCLAMATION, such as:
1. Mrs. Trenor sat up with an exclamation.
2. I strained my ears and eyes to catch every exclamation.
3. And then, seeing Jurgis, she stopped with an exclamation.
4. Then they escorted her to the ladder, and Jurgis heard her give an exclamation of dismay.
5. But at this critical instant a sudden exclamation was heard that took every eye from the whale.
2. I strained my ears and eyes to catch every exclamation.
3. And then, seeing Jurgis, she stopped with an exclamation.
4. Then they escorted her to the ladder, and Jurgis heard her give an exclamation of dismay.
5. But at this critical instant a sudden exclamation was heard that took every eye from the whale.
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Meanings and Examples of EXCLAMATION
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exclamation
n. an abrupt excited utterance
n. a loud complaint or protest or reproach
Classic Sentence: (125 in 9 pages)
1 None was in sight, but as she reached the sidewalk she ran against a small glossy-looking man with a gardenia in his coat, who raised his hat with a surprised exclamation.
2 Mrs. Trenor sat up with an exclamation.
3 He made no answer to this exclamation, and for a while they sat silent, while something throbbed between them in the wide quiet of the air.
4 Nettie Struther, with a startled exclamation, sat down and slipped a shabbily-clad arm behind her back.
5 But at this critical instant a sudden exclamation was heard that took every eye from the whale.
6 I strained my ears and eyes to catch every exclamation.
7 Mr. Pontellier, unable to read his newspaper with any degree of comfort, arose with an expression and an exclamation of disgust.
8 The newcomer went to the bunks and inspected the blankets; he lifted up the mattress, and then dropped it with an exclamation.
9 Then they escorted her to the ladder, and Jurgis heard her give an exclamation of dismay.
10 And then, seeing Jurgis, she stopped with an exclamation.
11 No exclamation of surprise escaped the father, nor was any question asked, or reply given, for several minutes; each appearing to await the moment when he might speak, without betraying womanish curiosity or childish impatience.
12 From this unsatisfactory examination, however, he was soon called by a loud and piercing exclamation from Uncas, that sounded, even to the unpracticed ears of Duncan, as the signal of some new and unexpected calamity.
13 The Mohicans had suspended their operations about the glimmering fire to listen; and, when Duncan had done, they looked at each other significantly, the father uttering the never-failing exclamation of surprise.
14 The young man was relieved from the awkwardness of making any further protestations of his own demerits, by an exclamation from Chingachgook, and the attitude of riveted attention assumed by his son.
15 He made the exclamation which usually accompanies the former emotion in an Indian, and, calling in a low voice, soon drew a companion to his side.
Example Sentence:
1 I wish the exclamation mark had not been painted out, it would have made the slogan more forceful.
2 These words were followed by a very long silence, broken only by an occasional exclamation of "Hjckrrh!" from the Gryphon, and the constant heavy sobbing of the Mock Turtle.