How to Use exclamation point in a Sentence

exclamation point

noun
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  • This should be the exclamation point, but the Gators will fight until the end.
    — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The prepared text had eighty exclamation points in it; Biden may have added a few more along the way.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The second was a wide-open 3-pointer and the third was a fast-break dunk that served as an exclamation point for the win.
    — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The 4-year-old colt’s gate-to-wire win was a big exclamation point for the connections.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Now that it’s here, it’s the exclamation point at the 40-year-mark of a career that finds the last 12 months to be one of their most eventful yet.
    — Lori Majewski, Variety, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The brooch was like a boldface exclamation point on his high-wattage smile.
    — Guy Trebay, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The Nicks concert put an exclamation point on the state-of-the-art Orion’s first season.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The Spartans arm-pumped their way off the court at the final second exclamation point.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The use of 12 exclamation points in the short tweets gives you some idea of Parsons’ excitement.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
  • The Vikings grabbed the rebound and got the ball into the hands of Meeks, who ended the game with an exclamation point via a thunderous dunk.
    — Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Schultz put an exclamation point on the victory with a dunk in the final minute.
    — Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press, 24 Mar. 2022
  • In the long take, there are a lot of periods, commas, and exclamation points.
    — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2023
  • In the final minute, Sanchez scored her first career goal to provide the final exclamation point on the night.
    — Adam Jardy, The Courier-Journal, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Smiling, Bird walked over, hit five in a row from the same spot, then sailed one in from midcourt as an exclamation point.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 15 May 2023
  • His third, a 2-yard touchdown, put an exclamation point on the first half as time expired.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The exclamation point was a two-on-none break where Matt Bradley lobbed to Keshad Johnson for a two-handed dunk.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Bakeman added the exclamation point with an alley-oop slam off a Willis feed.
    — Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2022
  • There are a few others where he’s just drawn a quick creature and put an exclamation point or a question mark by it.
    — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Though his tales tend to end with a period, or exclamation point, the themes continue on a loop.
    — Lorene Scafaria, Variety, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Tony Toney contributed four points and six rebounds and put the exclamation point on the win off a dunk with 4:37 remaining.
    — Evan Dudley, al, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The exclamation point should be his performance against the Chargers in prime time last weekend.
    — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 17 Dec. 2022
  • After drilling the jumper, the All-Star guard strutted around the court and nodded his head, putting an exclamation point on his remarkable night.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The epilogue puts an upsetting exclamation point on the end of a life viewers have just spent six hours watching.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 26 Jan. 2024
  • There are forty-three sentences in total, and one exclamation point.
    — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The trey forced a Yale timeout, and Stefanovic did not hide his emotion after putting an exclamation point on an 11-0 run.
    — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Mar. 2022
  • If your Apple Watch shows the red exclamation point instead, double click the side button first.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 15 Mar. 2022
  • And in the eighth, just to close a standout night, that solo shot was an exclamation point — the finishing touches of his first-career three-homer game.
    — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Both the Bengals and Rams will look to put an exclamation point on their seasons with a victory on Sunday night.
    — Xl Media, cleveland, 11 Feb. 2022
  • With the gold medal already secure, White landed the trick on his final hit to put an exclamation point on his second Olympic win.
    — Rachel Axon, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Max showed off the ink — an exclamation point with two dots on their middle fingers — via Instagram in March.
    — Shafiq Najib, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2022

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