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Exclaim   /ɪksklˈeɪm/   Listen
verb
Exclaim  v. t. & v. i.  (past & past part. exclaimed; pres. part. exclaiming)  To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against oppression with wonder or astonishment; "The field is won!" he exclaimed.



noun
Exclaim  n.  Outcry; clamor. (Archaic) "Cursing cries and deep exclaims."






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"Exclaim" Quotes from Famous Books



... lacking in appreciation of his possibilities, so groveling when he should soar, has been endowed with powers that give him control over the destiny of the race. We may well exclaim, with Young: ...
— What a Young Woman Ought to Know • Mary Wood-Allen

... few minutes I was making words mean something, drawing a picture of the Skeels I knew, so that others could visualize him. And it brought me a word of commendation from Miss Wallace, and made Worth exclaim, ...
— The Million-Dollar Suitcase • Alice MacGowan

... cannot comprehend! the prince to gaze on me with such emotion! wildly exclaim, "the sight of her is hateful!" and, with the baron, leave the banquet, to be told the whole of my sad history—'Tis well! I shall not suffer by the truth; for, as I guess, mine, is a story to excite more of compassion ...
— The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 • Various

... and bring about Woloda's death. Consequently, in spite of all Papa's and Woloda's assurances (the latter glibly affirming that it was nothing, and that he liked his horse to go fast), poor Mamma continued to exclaim that her pleasure would be quite spoilt ...
— Childhood • Leo Tolstoy

... my own mother!" she heard her child exclaim. It was his well-known, most beloved voice. And kiss followed kiss in rapturous joy. At length the child pointed to ...
— The Sand-Hills of Jutland • Hans Christian Andersen


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