Read full poem →Robinson.^) 1 mentioned Marlowe's Faust. He burst
out into an exclamation of praise. "How greatly is it
all planned!" He had thought of translating it. He
Dictionary Entry
A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
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Origin
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Common Phrases
point exclamation. exclamationmark exclamationpoints exclamationmarks exclamationexclamation suddenexclamation first
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Related Words
Poetry examples for “exclamation”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Transcriber added a missing exclamation mark at the end of “Burial.”
Read full poem →Or Jack had wanted eyes to gaze.
O!——But let exclamation cease,
Her presence banish’d all his peace.
Read full poem →Will you give me a thousand guilders?" 95
"One? fifty thousand!"--was the exclamation
Of the astonished Mayor and Corporation.
Read full poem →Some guttural exclamation of surprise
The Red Man gave in poking about the mill
Read full poem →occurred to me the cadaver might just be half alive since it was still
warm, so I leapt off my stool with a small exclamation. Then Buddy
explained the burning was only from the pickling fluid, and I sat
Read full poem →particularly when this information affects the meaning of the text. Marginalia
such as exclamation points and tick marks are not recorded. The presence of a
note is indicated by a superscript n after the term to be identified or described.