Exclaim
verb
To say or shout something suddenly because of surprise, fear, pleasure, etc.
She saw a dog running towards her and exclaimed in surprise.
Often appears as...
- exclaim in surprise
- exclaim in delight
verb
To speak or write with strong emotion or surprise.
He exclaimed that it was the most beautiful sunset he had ever seen.
Often appears as...
- exclaim in excitement
- exclaim with enthusiasm
verb
To say or shout something suddenly because of surprise, fear, pleasure, etc.
She saw a dog running towards her and exclaimed in surprise.
Often appears as...
- exclaim in surprise
- exclaim in delight
verb
To speak or write with strong emotion or surprise.
He exclaimed that it was the most beautiful sunset he had ever seen.
Often appears as...
- exclaim in excitement
- exclaim with enthusiasm
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Sudden Utterance
Used when someone speaks suddenly without planning what to say, often due to a strong reaction.
He stepped on a toy and exclaimed, 'Ouch!'
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Emotion
Shows a burst of feeling like excitement or anger which is hard to keep hidden.
On winning the prize, she exclaimed with joy.
Pro Tip 3/3Audible Reaction
Often louder and more noticeable than regular speech, as it's a reaction to stimuli.
The audience exclaimed in astonishment at the magician's trick.
Pro Tip 1/3Sudden Utterance
Used when someone speaks suddenly without planning what to say, often due to a strong reaction.
He stepped on a toy and exclaimed, 'Ouch!'
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Emotion
Shows a burst of feeling like excitement or anger which is hard to keep hidden.
On winning the prize, she exclaimed with joy.
Pro Tip 3/3Audible Reaction
Often louder and more noticeable than regular speech, as it's a reaction to stimuli.
The audience exclaimed in astonishment at the magician's trick.
Pro Tip 1/3Sudden Utterance
Used when someone speaks suddenly without planning what to say, often due to a strong reaction.
He stepped on a toy and exclaimed, 'Ouch!'
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Emotion
Shows a burst of feeling like excitement or anger which is hard to keep hidden.
On winning the prize, she exclaimed with joy.
Pro Tip 3/3Audible Reaction
Often louder and more noticeable than regular speech, as it's a reaction to stimuli.
The audience exclaimed in astonishment at the magician's trick.
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Safari Live - Day 15 PIPE...
watcher you exclaimed Yage ruff that's how I felt because I was so surprised to see that there was one on the dam can earlier today and I could say because I was the one animal and said I'd really like to have the look at its haven't seen a giraffe and I did see them while I was on holiday she has so lots and
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Spotting the camel...
it it's comfort under those rocks and simply disappeared I did not think much about it then but a week later I was back in a row basalt in these images with my father when he pointed out and exclaimed what a strange spider look
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How America's public...
I figured I'd go out on a limb and just make a wish list of the teenager's dream library. Over 200 brand-new books were sent to my room piece by piece. Every day there were new deliveries and my kids would exclaim with glee,
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Safari Live - Day 15 PIPE...
watcher you exclaimed Yage ruff that's how I felt because I was so surprised to see that there was one on the dam can earlier today and I could say because I was the one animal and said I'd really like to have the look at its haven't seen a giraffe and I did see them while I was on holiday she has so lots and
Video examples
Spotting the camel...
it it's comfort under those rocks and simply disappeared I did not think much about it then but a week later I was back in a row basalt in these images with my father when he pointed out and exclaimed what a strange spider look
Video examples
How America's public...
I figured I'd go out on a limb and just make a wish list of the teenager's dream library. Over 200 brand-new books were sent to my room piece by piece. Every day there were new deliveries and my kids would exclaim with glee,
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Bob Weinstein
American Producer
Harvey and I grew up in Queens, N.Y. My brother and I shared a room for 18 years until we went away to college. When we were kids, after our father said, 'Lights out,' he also exclaimed, 'No more talking. Time for sleep.' But we'd stay up late, arguing over statistics, who the best center fielder was - Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle.
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Will Self
English Author
What fiction offers us is an intimacy shorn of the messy contingencies of human existence - gender, race, class or age. Those moments of transcendence when we exclaim 'You know exactly what I mean!' depend for much of their force on the anonymous character of the intimacy between writer and reader.
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Amitava Kumar
Indian Writer
When we were getting married the Hindu way in Arrah, we had an old guest who asked my wife what her 'good name' was. I think she'd heard that I had married a Muslim. When my wife said, 'Mona Ahmed Ali,' the lady looked at me and exclaimed, 'Oh, so you've married a terrorist.
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Geraldine Brooks
Australian Journalist
You've got mail!' exclaims the cheery automaton at America Online. The flag on the mailbox icon waves invitingly on my computer screen. For a second, I'm 10 years old again, waiting for the postman's whistle to slice the stillness of an Australian afternoon.
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Doris Lessing
English Writer
I got married and I had children because of the Second World War, as all of us did, exclaiming, 'Oh, no, we are never going to bring a child into this wicked world,' but we had children by the dozen and got married.
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Jodi Balfour
South African Actress
Tanzanians are some of the friendliest you'll ever meet, insisting on a welcoming smile and wave as they pass you on the streets, exclaiming 'Jambo!
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Walt Mossberg
American Journalist
Many tech company execs who visit to pitch products take time to peruse the shelves and exclaim upon various devices they owned in younger days.
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Antoine Predock
American Architect
Underwater, I experience space with my body. I'll see a school of fish gathering and moving together and I'll exclaim, 'This is architecture.
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Henry Fielding
English Novelist
When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on.
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Thomas Kuhn
American Writer
The historian of science may be tempted to exclaim that when paradigms change, the world itself changes with them.
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Bob Weinstein
American Producer
Harvey and I grew up in Queens, N.Y. My brother and I shared a room for 18 years until we went away to college. When we were kids, after our father said, 'Lights out,' he also exclaimed, 'No more talking. Time for sleep.' But we'd stay up late, arguing over statistics, who the best center fielder was - Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle.
Quote examples
Will Self
English Author
What fiction offers us is an intimacy shorn of the messy contingencies of human existence - gender, race, class or age. Those moments of transcendence when we exclaim 'You know exactly what I mean!' depend for much of their force on the anonymous character of the intimacy between writer and reader.
Quote examples
Amitava Kumar
Indian Writer
When we were getting married the Hindu way in Arrah, we had an old guest who asked my wife what her 'good name' was. I think she'd heard that I had married a Muslim. When my wife said, 'Mona Ahmed Ali,' the lady looked at me and exclaimed, 'Oh, so you've married a terrorist.
Quote examples
Geraldine Brooks
Australian Journalist
You've got mail!' exclaims the cheery automaton at America Online. The flag on the mailbox icon waves invitingly on my computer screen. For a second, I'm 10 years old again, waiting for the postman's whistle to slice the stillness of an Australian afternoon.
Quote examples
Doris Lessing
English Writer
I got married and I had children because of the Second World War, as all of us did, exclaiming, 'Oh, no, we are never going to bring a child into this wicked world,' but we had children by the dozen and got married.
Quote examples
Jodi Balfour
South African Actress
Tanzanians are some of the friendliest you'll ever meet, insisting on a welcoming smile and wave as they pass you on the streets, exclaiming 'Jambo!
Quote examples
Walt Mossberg
American Journalist
Many tech company execs who visit to pitch products take time to peruse the shelves and exclaim upon various devices they owned in younger days.
Quote examples
Antoine Predock
American Architect
Underwater, I experience space with my body. I'll see a school of fish gathering and moving together and I'll exclaim, 'This is architecture.
Quote examples
Henry Fielding
English Novelist
When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on.
Quote examples
Thomas Kuhn
American Writer
The historian of science may be tempted to exclaim that when paradigms change, the world itself changes with them.
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