Example Sentences

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He’s not so much saying this as much as he is exclaiming it, performing it, braying it.

From New York Times • May 11, 2020

He is exclaiming the withdrawal of US forces for the unification of Korean peninsula, as this article presents.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2018

His idea of losing his cool on the golf course is exclaiming “Golly!” after an errant shot.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2013

Up in the broadcast booth, Phil Rizzuto is exclaiming, "Holy cow!" and "Huckleberry!"

From Time Magazine Archive

"Sire," said the Count of Dombrowsky, a silvery-haired man of seventy years—"sire, in bending our knees before your majesty, we represent all Poland, which is exclaiming, 'God save Napoleon the Great!—the liberator of nations!'"

From Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by Jordan, F.