interjection

Example Sentences

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Potrykus makes a psychologically revealing meal out of every nervous interjection of Derek’s until they become animalistic and eventually sorrowful.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025

But some prospective jurors revealed sensitive information on their own, without any interjection from the judge.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 16, 2024

The “re, mi, do” feels musically resolved, he explained, after which “do, so” — the alien response — feels like an appropriately startling interjection.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 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

Every now and then a staccato interjection from my grandmother.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson