as in cry
a sudden short emotional utterance a chorus of angry interjections greeted the announcement that our flight would be delayed

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Recent Examples of interjection The interjection came as King Charles and Queen Camilla visited the Australian capital Canberra to meet the nation’s leaders, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024 This big chunk of the episode, before the two big reveals — the verdict and the killer — is mercifully free of flashbacks, dreams, and interjections. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 24 July 2024 Fully Emotional Conversation Current services often miss non-textual information like tone, pauses and interjections due to their conventional approach to audio interaction. Zack Zhuang, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 The tension between the siblings, the interjection of their critical mother and tough conversations give the state of Mel’s life more context. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for interjection
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Noun
  • The phrase became a MAGA rally cry and, in February 2025, it has been stamped on CPAC attendees’ shirts and jackets.
    Alex Hinton, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Sparse piano chords, a slow-blues structure, hovering orchestral arrangements and the cry within Ledisi’s voice all hark back to Nina Simone.
    Jon Pareles, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • What Aimee Lou Wood conveys with an energetic smile and exclamation, Walton Goggins portrays with a scowl and an expletive.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 16 Feb. 2025
  • The whole movie is in Spanish — Ferrell’s inability to speak Spanish actually does get funnier as the movie goes along — and it’s shot like an old Mexican melodrama, with extreme close-ups and exclamations to the camera.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • So does Ancelotti, who raises his arms and shouts at the sky.
    Guillermo Rai, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
  • The love is mutual considering the 26-year-old athlete gave Burrows a shout out a few days before hitting the field at the Super Bowl.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 10 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The dialogue is both realist, full of the ejaculations and repetitions that characterize human speech, and poetic, with only the occasional anapest interrupting the poem’s iambic pentameter.
    Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Excess Semen Semen, or seminal fluid, is the sperm-containing substance that males at birth secrete during ejaculation.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 14 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Pleas to end the mayhem were also ignored by the crowd as screams and commotion continued to fill the terminal.
    Bonny Chu, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2025
  • But the shrieking Ben and Mari hear is more than just screams.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Upon opening the haircare tools — which retail at about $600 — the room filled with shrieks of happiness.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • As Hollis releases her son’s hand and backs into the kitchen, Richard shrieks at Pino.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025

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“Interjection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interjection. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.

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