as in to shout
to utter with a sudden burst of strong feeling the whole team exclaimed with one voice, "We won!"

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Recent Examples of exclaim Teddy exclaimed, taking his one-millionth photo of the morning. Bonnie Tsui, AFAR Media, 6 May 2025 Huebner exclaimed), and later Serwat would get a Halal lunch in the school’s cafeteria. Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2025 Louise exclaimed in disbelief in a video taken moments after King proposed. Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025 When Damone and Ruby were, eventually, arrested, Damone smugly exclaimed that his lawyers would get him out, but the future was not so rosy for Ruby. Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exclaim
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  • Shoppers drag pushcarts through dozens of fruit and vegetable stalls as vendors shout prices on loop, in a rhythm.
    Lily Radziemski, New York Times, 29 May 2025
  • Passengers allegedly held onto the ride’s safety bars and shouted for help as many reported feeling dizzy, dehydrated, and increasingly panicked as the minutes turned into hours.
    Moná Thomas, People.com, 28 May 2025
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  • Rabb grabbed the ball and raced up the left sideline, roaring past four defenders who had been caught flat-footed while focusing on James.
    Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 30 May 2025
  • As revolutions roared and factories rose, human worth became increasingly tied to productivity.
    Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025

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“Exclaim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclaim. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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