Literary notes about Exclaimed (AI summary)
The word "exclaimed" dynamically punctuates dialogue throughout literature, signaling a burst of emotion or a moment of sudden revelation. It often introduces a dramatic shift in tone, as in declarations laced with humor or bravado, where a character might announce a bold self-identification or lash out in a moment of passion ([1], [2]). In some narratives it infuses conversations with immediacy and personal warmth, marking everything from gentle concern to fervent indignation, as when a figure quips with both irony and care ([3], [4]). Moreover, its use frequently heightens the rhythm of a scene, underscoring pivotal moments that steer the reader through feelings of shock, amusement, or even solemn resolve ([5], [6], [7], [8]).
- Sancho Panza, who was listening to all this, exclaimed, "The king is my cock; I stick to Camacho."
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - The intrepid Caled, wheeling his cavalry on their flank and rear, exclaimed, with a loud voice, that Mahomet was slain.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - she exclaimed, “are you ill?” “No, but I may well look so, for the expectation of happiness wears me out.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - Potter dropped his knife, and exclaimed: “Here, now, don’t you hit my pard!”
— from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete by Mark Twain - “Better, a thousand times, it should,” exclaimed the horror-struck Cora, “than meet with such a degradation!”
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper - I shall sink down and perish!" "Ah, Phoebe!" exclaimed Holgrave, with almost a sigh, and a smile that was burdened with thought.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne - he exclaimed, "Jove must have robbed me of my senses.
— from The Odyssey by Homer - She exclaimed from a distance, "You are a good boy, Philip!"
— from The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe