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How to pronounce exclamation in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ecphonesis
Type of rhetorical device
Derivation exclaim
Type Words
Synonyms exclaiming
Type of vocalization, utterance
Has types interjection, ejaculation, expostulation, dickens, devil, deuce
Derivation exclaim


she gave an exclamation of delight.
Type Words
Type of complaint

Examples of exclamation

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Nearly every sentence attributed to Dimon is punctuated with exclamation points.
From the businessweek.com
The opening forte chords singed, and were capped by stinging exclamation points.
From the ocregister.com
The victory to the taxpayer provides an exclamation point for procurement reform.
From the washingtontimes.com
Yeah, it was a moment of emphatic punctuation, a four-letter exclamation point.
From the ocregister.com
The ADP report is a heartening exclamation point on a string of positive signs.
From the sacbee.com
His twisting circus shot off the glass in the key late was the exclamation point.
From the sltrib.com
The exclamation came late in the game after the Wildcats scored a late touchdown.
From the chron.com
If anyone has ever spoken in exclamation points and capital letters, it's Morais.
From the fresnobee.com
Listen for the heavy exhale spliced into the end of the speech as an exclamation.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
More examples
  • An abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it"
  • A loud complaint or protest or reproach
  • Ecphonesis: an exclamatory rhetorical device; "O tempore! O mores"
  • (exclamatory) emphatic: sudden and strong; "an emphatic no"
  • A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc; A word expressing outcry; an ...
  • (Exclamations) Sometimes we see something that makes us stunned or we want a way to grab people's attention as in an end to a post or a title for a post. Here is a fun way to make an exclamtion in French:
  • (exclamatory) A sentence that makes a vehement statement or conveys strong or sudden emotion.
  • A prayer said aloud by a priest or bishop, which in most instances is the conclusion of a longer prayer said in a softer voice; one of the forms of ekphonesis.
  • Lingual discharge of a tensios.