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 | [email protected], al, 23 Nov. 2022
  • That play was the exclamation point to the whole darn season.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Taylor’s grand slam put the exclamation point on a 4-2 road trip for the Mets.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • 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 exclamation point came in the closing minute, with the shot-clock running down.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • Late in the fourth quarter, Koch capped off the scoring by putting an exclamation point on the game.
    — Eric Bem, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 1 Apr. 2021
  • 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 epic scope of his finish put an exclamation point on it all.
    — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 16 Oct. 2019
  • 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 | [email protected], al, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Harris added the exclamation point with his school-record fifth touchdown of the night for the 63-48 final.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 11 Oct. 2020
  • The exclamation point is part of the group’s name but also befits the duo’s success.
    — Mara Reinstein, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2019
  • The guy with Seattle ties put an exclamation point on his first week back in the Major Leagues in two years.
    — Dallas News, 4 July 2021
  • 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
  • Mookie Betts reached base four times and Cody Bellinger put an exclamation point on the blowout with a three-run shot in the seventh.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • This is the problem that emojis and exclamation points seek to solve.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 8 Feb. 2020
  • If the past few years of wildfires were a statement about climate change, 2020 was the exclamation point.
    — New York Times, 15 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • Losing to a one-win Cincinnati team was the exclamation point.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Witt’s blast was the perfect exclamation point on an opening frame in which the Royals scored nine runs on 11 hits.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Mookie Betts added an exclamation point, slapping a two-run single the other way to open a three-run lead that grew even more in the eighth on a two-run homer from rookie Andy Pages.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Cause for Alarm! earns the exclamation point in its title, delivering a deft, twisty thriller largely in the confines of a single home.
    — Barry Levitt, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024

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