: a mark ! used especially after an interjection or exclamation to indicate forceful utterance or strong feeling
2
: a distinctive indication of major significance, interest, or contrast
the game put an exclamation point on the season
called alsoexclamation mark
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebAce title, too—that second exclamation point is doing a lot of heavy lifting. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2022 There is further evidence of former President Trump’s exclamation point-worthy bad week, which has been helped along by the ghosts of Watergate and Nixon.Wired, 11 Aug. 2022 Mihambo moved into first place with her fourth jump, then added an exclamation point by jumping even farther on her sixth and final attempt.oregonlive, 24 July 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 Thr33 6ix 5ive ) Tour, which this summer has hit every major U.S. market — making stops at Electric Forest, Outsidelands and HARD Summer — and wraps up on September 2 with an exclamation point of a show at Ushuaïa in Ibiza. Katie Bain, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2022 Igor Shesterkin was excellent from start-to-finish in this series and ended with an exclamation point. Vincent Z. Mercogliano, USA TODAY, 31 May 2022 Robby Shelton put an exclamation point on his impending return to the PGA Tour by winning the Pinnacle Bank Championship, the final tournament of the Korn Ferry Tour’s regular season, on Sunday. Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 14 Aug. 2022 Across the planet, deadly heat waves, storms, flooding, and wildfires put an exclamation point on the reality of the climate crisis.Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2022 See More