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- verb Present participle of
exclaim .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an abrupt excited utterance
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Examples
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And surprised out of her vexation she ran back again exclaiming, "Look, look! as surely as Gillian is finding her appetite I think she is losing her grief."
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And surprised out of her vexation she ran back again exclaiming, 'Look, look! as surely as Gillian is finding her appetite I think she is losing her grief.'
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Jimmy inquired, his expression exclaiming complete bewilderment. "
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As a daughter remembered, when Truman called on the mourning family, he "put his head in his hands and started to sob," exclaiming, "I've lost my brother!"
A Case of Courage 2007
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Diderot to John Knox, he regarded his treatment as "tragically hard," exclaiming, "I could learn to do all things I have seen done, and am forbidden to try any of them."
Thomas Carlyle John Nichol 1863
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In the battle off Cape St. Vincent, Nelson gave orders for boarding the "San Josef," exclaiming "Westminster Abbey, or victory!"
Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature John Bartlett 1862
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Ministry out together, "exclaiming," It is time that atonement should be made to the betrayed honor of Parliament and of England. "
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Edwin Emerson 1914
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Check! became tantamount to exclaiming “Examine options!” or “Restrain from acting without due consideration!”
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Check! became tantamount to exclaiming “Examine options!” or “Restrain from acting without due consideration!”
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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I laugh at those industry shill commercials exclaiming, We have enough oil and natural gas to last 100 years!
Think Progress » For eighth day, climate activists block bulldozers at WV’s Coal River Mountain. 2010
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