interjection
Example Sentences
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But some prospective jurors revealed sensitive information on their own, without any interjection from the judge.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 16, 2024
“You’re abusing my time,” he responded after one interjection from Board Chair Janice Hahn.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023
The disagreement between the two men is halted with an interjection from an elderly woman - perhaps the grandmother - who has her own reason to thank Gorbachev.
From BBC • Aug. 31, 2022
“Bills, Bills, Bills” is dizzyingly complex, “Jumpin’, Jumpin’” is futuristically forceful and Beyoncé’s singing at the end of “Bug a Boo” is a soaring interjection of traditional glory into the modish present.
From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2022
Every now and then a staccato interjection from my grandmother.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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