hooray
Britishinterjection
interjection
Example Sentences
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The newborns slept through the singing—as well as the hip-hip, hoorays!— that followed, but the noise did manage to rouse Simon.
From Literature
She was well aware that the “hoorays” made five cheers, not three, but there was no need to split hairs.
From Literature
“An invitation? Really? Oh, Fredrick, that is the best news I have had since arriving in London! Hooray, hooray!”
From Literature
“And lots of them don’t work, so you say ‘hooray’ when they do.”
Gail, on the other hand, is an original character, and my response to her introduction was mostly “hooray Catherine O’Hara, hooray therapy.”
From Los Angeles Times
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