Example sentences for: exclamation

How can you use “exclamation” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The childish exclamation peeyoo! , for instance, probably stems from a distorted rendering of phew! , just as another air-and-spit expression of disgust was once rendered as pfui! but gradually turned into fooey! , which is both easier to read and pronounce.

  • captures the youthful slang of that innocent era when life consisted of countless exclamation marks.

  • Other standard English words mislisted as New England words are package store a store selling alcohol by the bottle for consumption elsewhere, pshaw! an exclamation archaic everywhere, sheers sheer curtains, and verandah .

  • David Galef in his article Sound and Sense [XXI, 2], says that the childish exclamation Peeyoo ! probably stems from a distorted rendering of Phew !

  • of exclamation points!


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