| 单词 | exclamation |
| 例句 | The exclamation point said it all: Aberdeen Lake was the place for fun! 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z There was a brief scattering of applause mixed in with exclamations of disbelief. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Everything she said ended in an exclamation mark. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “Do you say she makes a good living out of stories like this?” and Jo looked more respectfully at the agitated group and thickly sprinkled exclamation points that adorned the page. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I was looking at the side of her face, listening to the sweet, throaty cadences of her voice, when I was jolted from my musing by a sharp exclamation. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He had obviously heard our conversation and her sudden exclamation. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Heartsick, I ripped the letter down to its last exclamation point and flung it like confetti out into the water. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The exclamations of fellow passengers as to the wheel’s size and apparent fragility filled him with a mixture of pride and anxiety. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A single gunshot punctuated his order like an exclamation point, thundering across the open road. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Word of mouth is a more effective method of advertisement than typeset words and exclamation points on paper pamphlets or posters. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He pulled the pipe out of his mouth and poked the air with it as if typesetting an exclamation point on his accusation. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The rhetorical questions had a clammy air; the exclamation mark was the first resort of those who shout to make themselves clearer. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A chorus of exclamation points says two things about your writing: First, you’re not confident that what you’re saying is important, so you need bells and whistles to get attention. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The exclamation was an explosive, almost inarticulate, sound. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z As everyone stood there on the field firing excited questions and exclamations at each other, another Pe-2 came in to land. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Sir Aglovale came back to the King, as he was going up to bed after the usual condolences and exclamations had been made. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He writes these notes in colored pencil, different colors, with exclamation marks. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Never once did I hear a classmate or teacher make an exclamation of religious joy. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he opened the Swedish lady’s and uttered an exclamation of satisfaction. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z As she placed it on the table, M. Bouc leaned forward and gave an exclamation. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Her most favorites were marked up with hearts and exclamation marks and other reading notes in the margins, so she would never part with those. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She thought about adding an exclamation mark, but decided against it. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z So I delete it, and then stare at my phone, and then retype it without the exclamation point, and then delete it again, until I finally give up and turn on Fruits Basket. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The endless debates over the invasion, air raids, speeches, etc., etc., are accompanied by countless exclamations such as “Eempossible!,” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z As I passed over he moved back, and his exclamation of horror, “Gott in Himmel!” needed no enforcement from his agonised face. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z With a little exclamation he bent and picked up something from the floor. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z What do I say when the waiter asks, "Which wine, sir"? The same principle works with exclamations inside exclamations, and with sentences that have both exclamations and questions. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Ron did not answer; he was too busy unwrapping presents, every now and then letting out an exclamation of pleasure. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I could see now why this band got to have six exclamation points behind their name! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Gloria gasped and panted, and gave voice to intermittent whispered exclamations of “That was nice!” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z As I pushed the different tips onto the page, each left its own mark, either a small smiley face, a heart, an exclamation point, or, my favorite, a pair of puckered lips. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Now a large number of people in our fleet, drawn out by the exclamations and pleas of the refugees, observed the incident from the decks of their ships. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z And she held out a box of sugar-coated question marks, periods, commas, and exclamation points. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Also six exclamation points, is that a relationship milestone? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Blue smoke curled into the air like an exclamation point. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z But the golden godson was stuck on a camel, farther back in the caravan, and Lazlo had to be content with echoing exclamations from Calixte, who was given to gloating. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In his letters, he used lots of exclamation points, except instead of a dot at the bottom, he drew tiny bubbles. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He passed, and I went on; a few steps, and I turned: a sliding sound and an exclamation of “What the deuce is to do now?” and a clattering tumble, arrested my attention. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z There’s actually an exclamation point, which makes this place seem extra exciting. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a human exclamation point, but carried himself with such dignity that I couldn’t laugh at him. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He passed through and immediately uttered an exclamation of satisfaction. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z With an angry exclamation she scored through the vague unevenly scrawled characters of the last sentence. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Mrs. Coulter gave a little exclamation of impatience, and there came a loud slap, and a groan. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her most favorites were marked up with hearts and exclamation marks and other reading notes in the margins, so she would never part with those. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Then at a sudden exclamation, a quick "My God, look at that!" her senses returned. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Before the Hate had proceeded for thirty seconds, uncontrollable exclamations of rage were breaking out from half the people in the room. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Penelope started at the racial slur, and Ophie, who was unfortunately used to such exclamations from Mrs. Caruthers, just ducked her head. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Her hands touched something bulky and she gave an exclamation of surprise. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It contained his own notes on Spassky’s games, jotted in pencil, with comments and question marks designating poor moves, exclamation marks designating good ones. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The exclamation mark would have to be reinstated. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The way they spoke in exclamation points and always teased him for being too shy, too quiet, and how they thought it was silly that he was afraid of the dark. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Why in heaven's name did you yell "Wake up"? The writer chose to emphasize the question, not the exclamation. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They are full of superlatives and exclamation marks. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Merry turned towards him to say something and gave a start, and checked an exclamation. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It’s the only way to talk to her about anything, because she herself speaks with lots of exclamation points in her voice. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z From the kitchen came the sound of something dropping and a deep-throated exclamation. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The writer chose to emphasize the exclamation, not the question. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Second-grade burns,” he said, then waved away my concerned exclamation before it hardly began. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I guess the exclamation points said it all. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z My brothers made exclamations of appreciation and fell on their portions like hungry dogs. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z When Dr. Seward saw me he jumped up with a horrified exclamation, and hurriedly taking a case-bottle from a cupboard, gave me some brandy, which in a few minutes somewhat restored me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The exclamation point made Rita seem untrustworthy, or, at the very least, insincere. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z The third boat was moving in with a creak of oarlocks and he heard an exclamation, ‘Colonel Smith.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He could not help regarding my exclamation as a presumption of my guilt and said in rather a severe tone, Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Here and there, spires of rock jutted up like exclamation points. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A few minutes later an exclamation of surprise revealed that Irwin hadn't really believed me. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z In most cases, an exclamation point goes inside the quotation marks. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a long silence on the other end of the wire, followed by an exclamation . . . then a quick squawk as the connection was broken. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z When Harry told of Wormtail piercing his arm with the dagger, however, Sirius let out a vehement exclamation and Dumbledore stood up so quickly that Harry started. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The gaping mouths, the finger pointing, the exclamations. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, she looked a little haughty after Harry’s exclamation. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His bananas were stubby and short themselves, more like exclamation points than parentheses. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The exclamation point was gone from Ms. Owens’s voice. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z At that Gandalf sat up and gripped the arms of his chair; but he said nothing, and with a look stopped the exclamation on Pippin’s lips. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z And an exclamation point in a real-estate ad is bad news for sure, a bid to paper over real shortcomings with false enthusiasm. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z With a sudden exclamation she pointed at the clock’s face. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The question marks would just stand up into exclamation points and then wilt back over into question marks. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The exclamation point is like the horn on your car—use it only when you have to. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And if “gross” has one exclamation point, “stinks a big one” needs at least three. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z But at this particular moment, the exclamation mark seemed entirely appropriate. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z She kept crying out, “Oh, I feel light as a feather! I can barely feel the floor beneath my feet! If only my Fredrick were here to see,” and other blurry exclamations of that sort. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Dr. Finch had drunk so long and so deep of his heady brew that his being was shot through with curious mannerisms and odd exclamations. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Sam was beaming and humming to himself, but when Frodo spoke he was at first content to listen, only occasionally venturing to make an exclamation of agreement. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He said that like it was the most unbelievable thing in the world, like you’d need to put six exclamation points after it. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z But don’t use a comma after a quotation that ends with an exclamation point or a question mark. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That one word, in the way it was shouted, contained more exclamation points than anything Ben had ever said to me in his entire life. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She sprinted back inside the house, ignoring the exclamation of surprise from Edwina and a few of the other guests. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Everything Terryl said seemed to have an exclamation point on the end. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She hit him hard because I could hear her knuckles striking the bone of his skull and her exclamation when it hurt her. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried several times too, each time with more urgency and more exclamation points. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z This padding to and fro in my room with bare feet, the little furtive bursts of laughter, the stifled exclamations, reminded me of hanging up my stocking long ago. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “God’s Feet!” said Uncle Dap, with other exclamations of the same kind. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z An exclamation of dismay came from the empty boat. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z But before he could go on down to the little wood, there came an exclamation from Balthamos, and Will turned to see his outline dart across the slope toward—what? The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She wrote to him fairly regularly, from a paradise of triple exclamation points and inaccurate observations. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The side of his mouth I can see opens as if to utter an exclamation. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It puzzled me to think why he was doing this; but at the instant I heard Harker’s quick exclamation as he woke to partial consciousness, and turned to the bed. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He said nearly everything over the company phone in exclamations. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “What is to be done, my dear Emma?—what is to be done?” was Mr. Woodhouse’s first exclamation, and all that he could say for some time. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z One faculty wife would always remember his exclamation when she encountered him on a wooded walkway as Berkeley was waking up to a chilly spring morning: he shouted at her, “I’m going to be famous!” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She used a fat green marker, also swiped from work, to draw a pyramid on April 27, with dollar signs and exclamation points all around it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Her shoes leave delicate exclamation points in the wet sand. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He lifted a hand then, ignoring their exclamations, and began to smooth the thin hairs of his beard. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Those who knew the song made soft exclamation to themselves, while those who didn’t asked their neighbors what the stir was about. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His exclamation died as he moved to the door. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z For years after the fair Burnham used the exclamation, “Bully!” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I’m afraid it’s all my fault,” he said, going into the sitting-room, shutting the door behind him, and I heard her exclamation of surprise. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Someone had underlined a short paragraph towards the end of the article and put three exclamation marks in the margin. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z All five of them cried while the rest of the villagers murmured exclamations of relief, and Father Drozdov did the sign of the cross and thanked God over and over. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I make sure to be honest and use lots of exclamation points. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the word, Sosie made an exclamation mark with a smiley face at the bottom. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Here, William used two exclamation points to make the grid come out right. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “What can be the meaning of that emphatic exclamation?” cried he. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z But the exclamation point goes outside if it’s not part of the quotation. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the script, the dialogue is written with some exclamation points, but Bobby has stopped playing it with bombast. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Who first recorded “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”? • exclamation point. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z DuShawn is standing, too, but the way his baggy pants cascade from hip to floor he looks like a question mark next to Tonni’s exclamation point. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z And like a giant exclamation point on her words, the world lets loose a violent thunderclap. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Welcome to Camp Laurence!” said the young host, as they landed with exclamations of delight. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z My parents and aunts and cousins burst into exclamations and wails. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The cliff-ghasts heard Lyra’s exclamation of dismay, and their flat heads all snapped around at once. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z And away the exclamation points went, at least for a while. Broadway Shows Get the Point! Again! 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z It wasn’t long ago that those two Hollywood stars deserved exclamation points after their names. Madagascar 3 Smashes Cruise's Rock, Shames Sandler's Boy 2012-06-17T21:29:30Z Stewart, for his part, thinks so: his short endorsement of Noah, issued to the Times, ended with three exclamation points. A Late-Night Talk Show Is Not the Presidency 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Many moments in these solos are like the sudden exclamations and figures of speech that make some Shakespearean soliloquies so present-tense. Critic’s Notebook: Former Merce Cunningham Dancers at Philadelphia Museum 2012-12-23T22:53:57Z But the men don’t just communicate with words; they also grunt, snort and chortle, and at times the wordless exclamations form their own harmony. Review: In ‘Hang Time,’ Lynched Men Tell Finely Tuned Tales 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z I love the first-syllable exclamation in “Oh! Darling,” though: Its clipped agony contrasts with the way Paul McCartney stretches out that “daaaarling” and effectively captures the raw-throated desperation of his vocal. An Exclamatory Playlist! 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Media Criticism How celebrity gossip destroys journalism's credibility The supermarket tabloids -- they of the relentless Kardashian speculation and notorious overuse of exclamation points -- aren't exactly renowned as papers of record. How celebrity gossip destroys journalism's credibility 2011-08-24T17:25:00Z There was little air punching or exclamations of joy. The xx win Mercury prize 2010 2010-09-07T23:38:00Z It’s the exclamation point on a life that in his early 20s seemed possibly headed to the rather weightless pursuits of a wealthy international playboy. Mexican Juice Scion Turned Contemporary Art Super-Collector Casts Eye On Homegrown Artists 2013-03-28T14:30:53Z They would add a couple of exclamation points to an already exclamatory barbecue scene. Today’s South Carolina barbecue is chef-inspired, upscale — and the future 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Roxon is New York’s top tastemaker, she essentially broke the idea that rock music should be given serious critical attentions, and record labels knew better than to ignore her enthusiastic exclamations. Modern Lovers 33 1/3 Excerpt 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z All logos are reductive, but the bold color, the pithiness, the implication of first-name familiarity and, yes, the exclamation point made this the great pop-art image of the campaign. 5 presidential candidates and the art that shows how we feel about them 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z There were no squirts of liquid nitrogen, tiny canapés, or loud exclamations of disbelief. Great Ormond Street is appointment viewing 2010-04-07T11:01:00Z Sometimes they snapped into place at the last moment, putting an exclamation point on a serpentine pose. Dance Review: Odissi Dancer Sujata Mohapatra at Erasing Borders Festival 2012-04-10T21:49:08Z Both my name and “Hey” were in caps, and all five sentences in the message ended with exclamation points. Too many exclamation points!!! 2012-07-28T19:00:00Z She also was lambasted when a talking version uttered an exclamation about math class being hard. After cancer hit, women lobbied for a bald Barbie 2012-01-11T21:16:43Z Certainly, the comments feed is rolling rapidly, its many exclamation marks the only characters I understand. Going out by staying in: where to watch the arts online 2010-07-25T20:31:00Z Remarkably indifferent to the prospect of arrest or social censure, he joined a local troupe called Sylvia and the Synthetics whose outré antics had me scrawling exclamation points in the margins. Long Before RuPaul, Doris Fish Wore the Wig. Fiercely. 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z ‘You made Grandma’s rolls?” my sister asked me, part question, part exclamation. My late grandma left a mark with her dinner rolls. Why can’t I? 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z My copy, read in my twenties in one sitting, is full of underlinings and exclamation marks. Read 'em and keep: what are the books to pass on to the next generation? 2011-03-28T19:30:01Z Elbow's fifth album will be called Build a rocket, boys! – "lowercase, with an exclamation mark," Garvey said. Elbow accidently reveal new album title 2010-12-23T12:13:53Z “We’re seeing these meltdowns occur with more severity and more frequency and this past weekend was the exclamation point,” he said. What Caused the Chaos at Southwest 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z This has led to a rise in exclamation marks, because people need something to fill the gaps left by informative cues we get only in face-to-face communication—the raised brows, the wide eyes, the smile. Five Ways Punctuation Is Changing! 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z The exclamation point signifies both the zeal that film historian Jeanine Basinger brings to her decades-spanning survey and the way in which the genre itself rises, without apology, above the mere declarative. Review | The glorious history of movie musicals 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z When she awakens in Act III of “Siegfried,” her exclamation “Heil dir, Sonne!”—“Hail to you, sun!”—has itself the effect of a beam of sunlight falling on the senses, a glow of heat. A Tale of Two Sopranos: Astrid Varnay and Birgit Nilsson 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z His trap setup includes bongo drums for occasional pointed accents, with the bass drum supplying emphatic exclamation points as the music hurtles forward. Music Review: Milton Graves at Center of Vision Festival’s Opening Night 2013-06-13T21:03:09Z Last year he won the rising star tenor saxophonist award in DownBeat magazine’s critics poll, putting an exclamation mark on his ascent. James Brandon Lewis, a Saxophonist Who Embodies and Transcends Tradition 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Despite 12 exclamation points, Hollister and U2's fans do not – for some reason – move in the same online circles, and it took several days for the Bonosphere to begin gurgling its incomprehension. U2 reworking hits with Blackstreet member 2010-07-23T10:10:00Z Another piece, “Strong Man,” has a red exclamation point as his head — and the barbells he’s holding turn out, on closer examination, to be bombs. BAM hosts a dazzling Patti Warashina retrospective 2013-07-11T21:05:52Z Spike does have its own standards to adhere to, Langley said, including a ban on certain expletives and the common TV exclusion of the use of “Jesus Christ” as an exclamation. ‘Cops,’ Spike TV Call Themselves a Happy Match 2013-11-20T21:49:20Z "We've been texting this morning and there have been a lot of exclamation marks of euphoria so there's definitely no competition there," he said. Birdman and Budapest top Oscar list 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z He pauses over various objects before offering exclamations of recognition and tentative identifications. Tom Wolfe Looks Over His Notes 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z After some internal debate about whether to note the news on social media at all, she posted a tweet that included a string of exclamation points but began with the word “WHAAAAATTT” — celebratory, yet noncommittal. Maggie Rogers Went Viral. Then She Had to Become Herself Again. 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z There are helixes of thought that coil down the page, fields of white space, columns of present progressive verbs, calligrams, all-caps sentences and bracketed exclamations. Boundary-Pushing Books for Fans of Narrative Experiments 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z “The Way You Look Tonight” concluded with a repeated exclamation, “tonight, tonight, tonight” that both addressed the occasion and expressed a belief in relishing the moment. Music Review: Tony Bennett at the Metropolitan Opera - Review 2011-09-19T22:54:03Z Her exclamation indicates that the Eltons are behaving in an unusual, perhaps modish, manner. Ten questions on Jane Austen 2012-05-18T21:45:05Z Now, in this mashup of memoir, , self-help and philosophy, Sheila Heti has added a bit of story, quite a few blow jobs and some cheeky exclamation marks, and finally made it credible. How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti - review 2013-01-11T08:00:10Z “Each expression is a command that could be followed by an exclamation mark,” the writer said. Coloring History’s Gray Areas, With Strong Moral Outrage 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z In their responses, the specialists embrace exclamation points and Hallmark card-style wordplay. Can I bring a Viking helmet on the plane? AskTSA is here to help. 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z It seemed like a good moment to be making that exclamation. Nicole Kidman: ‘To hear women being believed makes me cry’ 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z His poems are exuberant and funny and have a lot of exclamation points. Director Jim Jarmusch Talks New Film 'Paterson' 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z She is excited by concepts and hypotheses, and she steers clear of a fashion vocabulary overpopulated with exclamations of “Amazing!” Iris van Herpen’s astonishing designs don’t look like ‘clothes.’ They look like the future. 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Abstract drawings in black ink by Joan Miró leap off the walls like exclamation marks of hilarity. A Gathering of Treasures 2010-09-17T18:00:00Z As the play is called Thursday, I guessed that the four exclamation marks reflected the neatness of having completed a play with that title on that particular weekday. Bryony Lavery play Thursday explores 7/7 attacks through eyes of passengers 2013-02-21T20:31:01Z The snippets are loud and vibrant, almost ecstatic, an atmosphere of ice offered with an exclamation mark. The Poignant Music of Melting Ice 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z “This is journalism with an exclamation mark,” the judges wrote in selecting the Journal Sentinel’s project for the 44th annual Public Service Best of Show award. Milwaukee newspaper investigation wins APME awards 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Pleasingly, almost every dog is followed by a straining lead and then, in turn, eventually, a pair of ankles pounding helplessly after their hairy charge, like exclamation marks in trainers. Sarah Dempster's TV OD: Wonderland - Walking With Dogs 2012-10-12T15:00:00Z The title of the show -- especially its exclamation point -- is enough to give you a sense of the smiling and credulous tone that prevails. KCET's 'Cool Spaces!' offers earnest, enthused tour of new architecture 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Thus, he, too, became an inverted exclamation point. David Suchet Reflects on 25 Years as Poirot 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Away from drama it's also impossible to imagine a show like The Million Pound Drop being quite as tense without its musical ellipses and exclamation marks. Does TV background music bother you? 2011-03-15T12:08:11Z It allows them to play sophisticated games of follow-the-leader and to end musical sentences with simultaneous exclamations. Review: Barbara Carroll Sustains a Profound Jazz Symbiosis 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z That exclamation mark is there for a reason, and so is that title. New band of the day: Melt Yourself Down (No 1,495) 2013-04-18T16:03:27Z Being a diligent custodian of the English language, for many years I've refused to acknowledge P!nk's existence on account of that exclamation mark. Man Like Me, Peace, Depeche Mode: this week's new tracks 2013-03-18T06:00:00Z The film — overseen by the show’s stage director, Thomas Kail — instead places a kind of visual exclamation point on what a theater audience sees. Perspective | As ‘Hamilton’ becomes a movie, suddenly we’re all in the room where it happens 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Kean is credited with creating the exclamation, "kowabunga," made popular by one of the show's characters and borrowed by Bart Simpson, the animated problem child on the long-running comedy "The Simpsons." 'Howdy Doody Show' writer Edward Kean dies at 85 2010-08-23T16:33:00Z Trump’s catchphrase received an exclamation point, because inaugurations are even more exciting than presidential campaigns. What we know about Trump’s inauguration so far 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z You may be relieved, or disappointed, to hear that I didn’t detect a single element that warrants an exclamation point in the rather melancholy Encores! Review: ‘Zorba!’ Starring John Turturro 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Add a dash of working-class dialect and slang, including an old man who drops his consonants and uses "cor!" and "coo!" as exclamations. Dean comes by sentiment honestly in 'Old Romantic' 2011-02-16T17:01:05Z In “The Last Voyage of the Demeter,” I found myself inclined toward the reverse exclamation: “Just go below deck and kill him already!” ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’ Review: Blood on the Water 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Mainly because two exclamation points makes any sentence sound uptight and manic, while just one sounds enthusiastic or sarcastic. Rogue colons, endless ellipses: the worst grammar crimes in film titles 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z A jagged succession of asides, poems, fragments lie juxtaposed against heart-rending exclamations: "Do you see why I miss him?" In her new memoir, Elizabeth Alexander deals with loss of her spouse 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z “I had read it as a classic drama scene—husband and wife arguing—but we weren’t playing it as it was written on the page, in all caps and exclamation marks,” she says. In ‘Killing Eve,’ a Surprising Plot Builds an Audience 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Not much happens in “Eighth Grade” except that, for Kayla, everything does and with exclamation points. Review: All the Feels, Hurts and Laughs of ‘Eighth Grade’ 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z But after a quick pause, they hit the volume button as Carney banged his kit and Auerbach jammed out for a string of exclamation points. The Black Keys hit hard at sold-out Forum concert 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z It’s even got an exclamation mark in the title, for God’s sake. 2 Fast 2 Furious 2 Animated: in praise of the cartoon spin-off series 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z And as Mr. Kirkpatrick pointed out, “Something Rotten!” may have set a trend well beyond Times Square: “The first time I saw Jeb Bush’s campaign logo, we said, ‘Hey, they stole our exclamation point!’” Broadway Shows Get the Point! Again! 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The irony mark: For English-speakers, an upside-down exclamation point at the beginning of a sentence has intermittently been used to indicate irony. Happy? (National) Punctuation Day! 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z It was with this exclamation that Eric’s wife greeted me one afternoon as I was pondering my next move. In Borneo, City Pleasures and Jungle Adventure 2011-01-21T19:55:00Z I confess that this song — and the Byrds’ lush, fluid delivery of that titular phrase — never really screamed “exclamation” to me. An Exclamatory Playlist! 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Cagey and understated in person, often relying on catchphrases and generalities, Fivio had boiled down his early drill music to an onslaught of ad-libbed exclamations that made his barrage of threats danceable and invigorating — Aye! Fivio Foreign Had an Epiphany. Can He Change Drill Rap? 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Sure, there's a show-offiness to this kind of artistic slumming - a self-consciously understated scenery chewing that occurs in a story about damaged people - but that's certainly preferable to flowery exclamations of hope. Review: Cotillard stars in raw `Rust and Bone' 2012-11-20T22:54:11Z “It’s not an exclamation point, but a comma,” Mr. Diamond said of his Mariinsky II. Mariinsky II Is Set to Open in St. Petersburg 2013-05-01T21:48:51Z I said, an exclamation that got the uneasy attention of my dinner guests, even after I expounded. Lessons from farmers: What I learned about cooking — and about respect The humble headband has morphed from a preppy status symbol to an empowering exclamation point, its purpose now less controlling than crowning. We Can’t Stop Thinking About Amanda Gorman’s Headband 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famous admonition — “An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke”— rang more and more true. Broadway Shows Get the Point! Again! 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z “I’m Upset,” with its droning accumulation of grievances and the squeaky exclamation of its title, isn’t particularly rousing. Drake and Karena Evans Stage a Clever “Degrassi” Reunion 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z The Beatles certainly knew how to employ the exclamation point: “Help!,” An Exclamatory Playlist! 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z A tone of sunny desperation isn’t out of keeping with what seems to be this production’s escapist mission, which is to deliver nostalgia with an exclamation point. Review: ‘Hello, Dolly!’ Is Bright, Brassy and All Bette 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Bonus points, of course, for exclamation points in the band name and song title! An Exclamatory Playlist! 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z The echo of Charlie Brown's famous exclamation in the title may be entirely coincidental. How do we shape memories of those we've lost? A friend's death triggers 'Good Grief' 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z They’re chock fill of notes and circles and three stars and four stars and five stars and exclamation points, and then I’d come home after the show and scribble more notes. Gatekeepers of the Tony Awards Prepare Nominations 2010-05-02T22:18:00Z “In his early texting, he would write me things with, like, seven exclamation points.” Perspective | A ‘lost’ wallet leads to found love 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z “Even though people thought of me as a sex symbol, in reality I was a single mother of two small children!” she writes, showing an addiction to exclamation points that is evident throughout her book. Sex Symbols Squared 2010-06-04T21:34:00Z Mr. Quay and Ms. Pedlow make a pair easy to root for, and Ms. Karpen has an earthy deadpan style that well suits her character’s frequent exclamations of disgust at her employer’s behavior. Theater Review: ‘The Heir Apparent,’ by Way of David Ives 2014-04-10T02:00:01Z It was a fashion era of exploration and exclamation. Reassessing the '70s: A Brave New Wave 2010-05-24T11:46:00Z Fox’s Super Bowl coverage captured the Seahawks’ immediate momentum, including an early “Sounds of the Game” feature as microphones captured Seahawks safety Earl Thomas’ celebration of a successful play with a “You a beast!” exclamation. Fox scores with entertaining Super Bowl telecast 2014-02-03T05:34:11Z But the New York-spawned musical from a dozen years ago struggles to justify its exclamation point, at least if the director James Baker’s wearyingly earnest London premiere is any gauge. A London Musical With Energy to Burn, and Two Without It 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z The interrobang: A combination exclamation point and question mark, the interrobang is a singular way to express an emphatic question. Happy? (National) Punctuation Day! 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z The state’s Eastern Shore, a 70-mile-long exclamation point off the coast of Virginia Beach, is isolated and filled with abandoned houses, ripe for combustion. An Arsonist and His Femme Fatale Partner Fuel ‘American Fire’ 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z Unlike animated animals, they don’t talk; instead, they squeak and growl in ways that approximate human speech, or at least playground exclamations. | 'Furry Vengeance': Brendan Fraser Battles a Forest of Animals 2010-04-29T23:56:00Z Oh, I get it: We’re hearing every line in the play that begins with the exclamation “O.” Theater Review: ‘A Piece of Work,’ a Computerized ‘Hamlet’ Mash-up at BAM 2013-12-19T21:16:36Z Ms. Cohen-Solal also has a jarring passion — in this translation, at least — for exclamation points. Books Of the Times: ?Leo & His Circle,? by Annie Cohen-Solal 2010-05-18T22:29:00Z Daniela says she is enamored with the frantic madness of Ginsberg’s work, the riotous blur of curses and exclamations and vivid images. At 15, Daniela Shia-Sevilla’s writing has already wowed the literary community 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z “This award is like a huge exclamation point,” Johnson said. Betsey Johnson has never run with the fashion elite. That’s why she’s endured. 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z How many other world leaders use so many exclamation marks! Digested read: Tony Blair A Journey 2010-09-01T17:49:00Z I’m not ashamed of using exclamation points to convey emphasis. Cultural Studies: Talking (Exclamation) Points 2011-07-01T20:53:51Z In the final section, power surged from her hips and shoulders; in a traveling jump, she kicked a leg to her face with the force of an exclamation point. Review: Ailey Company Begins Dancing a Prison Tale 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z He was referring to the “Something Rotten!” producer Kevin McCollum, who consistently lobbied for the exclamation point even when the show had the more innocuous title “The Bottom Brothers.” Broadway Shows Get the Point! Again! 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Tal Yarden’s sound design envelops the proceedings in ominous atmospheric gloom:a distant howling wind; the cold, mechanical hum of static and feedback; and, finally, the thunderous exclamations of drums. Review: In a Powerful ‘Hamlet,’ a Fragile Prince Faces His Foes 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Twenty-five years ago this month, a Cincinnati jury wrote an exclamation point into the story of the culture wars that were raging through art museums and academia. Mapplethorpe Print at Center of Culture Wars Returns to Public Eye 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z One of these accounts is @MagicRealismBot, which auto-generates odd, evocative plot summaries: “One hundred metaphysicians imagine an exclamation mark into existence,” or “An arrogant supermodel falls in love with the Vietnam War.” How a Woman Becomes a Lake 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z “Jordan puts love and delight in her poems, not just vengeance and justice. There is so much giddy humor in her exclamation points: ‘The blues is the blues!’” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z He’s contagiously cheery, and most of his sentences seem to end with an exclamation point or a sense of wonder. Review: ‘The Penguin Counters,’ Cheery in Treacherous Conditions 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z And the exclamation point was important because for me it was a declaration: Let’s connect these two worlds together! The founder of Step Afrika! on the crucial steps to bringing his dream to life 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Tolle named the facade “Eureka” for the exclamation of discovery often attributed to Archimedes. Document That Inspired Bill of Rights Goes on Display in Manhattan 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z And one of the most memorable characters is Luke Youngblood’s Magnitude, a “one-man party,” as he is introduced, whose dialogue is limited to the exclamation “pop pop!” Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Community’ 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z “Dramatisation to me means you add the occasional exclamation point,” said Inglis. Snowden movie 'preposterous', says former NSA deputy director 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Dudamel is probably the only figure capable of putting such an exclamation point on the unveiling of the hall, a $550 million project. Geffen and Gustavo: Mixed Boons for the New York Philharmonic 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z It not only puts an exclamation point on Ms. Jackson’s long-shelved acting career but also serves as a fitting memorial, which is to say a hilarious and horrifying one, to Albee, who died in 2016. Review: Glenda Jackson Gets Her Queen Lear Moment in ‘Three Tall Women’ 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z If I’m about to lose my marbles, I’ll use all caps, maybe an exclamation point, but at that point exclamation points are mostly superfluous. Hahaha vs. Hehehe 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z There's this writing rule, people say you only get three exclamation points in your life. Shooting hoops and K-dramas: The American dream of not being relegated to a subplot 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z I thought, "How fun would it be to change your name to something where every time a reporter had to write about you, they would have to write an exclamation point?" Shooting hoops and K-dramas: The American dream of not being relegated to a subplot 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z The duo said, “We’re going to make you write or speak an exclamation mark every time you use our name.” An Exclamatory Playlist! 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z In other words, a life without exclamation points — at least for a few quiet days. 13 Ways to Be a Better Person in 2020 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z I imagined that 11 other people that night were shouting a similar exclamation. At a Namibian sanctuary, you don’t just see the wildlife — you care for them I’ll drop an exclamation point or nine in an email or text to smooth the transaction. Too many exclamation points!!! 2012-07-28T19:00:00Z But Joan is the kind of gal who turns questions marks into exclamation points. Review: ‘Joan of Arc’ and the Monotony of Sainthood 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Talley simply was part of a tradition in which you declaimed it, with exclamation points, from the rooftops. Beholder of Beauty 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Diana Abu-Jaber, author of the memoir “The Language of Baklava,” indulges in a prodigious use of exclamation points, with a chaser of self-flagellation. Cultural Studies: Talking (Exclamation) Points 2011-07-01T20:53:51Z However, he takes pains to distance himself from the elbow-to-the-ribs mentality that the exclamation point has come to symbolize. Broadway Shows Get the Point! Again! 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The writing is big and blocky, and makes liberal use of exclamation points. Reality TV?s Instant Stars Populate a Magazine 2011-11-14T00:10:31Z “She digs into the gothic core of family and romantic entanglements. I filled the margins with check marks of admiration, but also with exclamation points. This novel pushes its needles into the red.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z He added the serrated hip-hop percussion as both a narrative exclamation point and an affirmation of his Blackness, which he characterized by using an unprintable word. Steve Lacy Is Right on Time 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z “Still nothing,” she writes in her calendar, adding an exclamation mark. ‘Happening’ Review: An Abortion Story, an Existential Drama 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Do the clichés in the lyrics outnumber the exclamation points, or vice versa? Theater Review: Frank Wildhorn’s ‘Jekyll & Hyde,’ at the Marquis Theater 2013-04-19T02:00:54Z After all, appearing at Carnegie — even if that means renting the hall — is a mark of excellence and validation, an exclamation point on a tour or a special occasion. Turning 100, the New Jersey Symphony Sticks to Home 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z Many decades later, as he reflected on that exclamation, he noted, “My life isn’t over yet.” Piano technician in tune with industry award 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z I think I first got interested in the exclamation point while watching the old Batman TV show as a kid. Cultural Studies: Talking (Exclamation) Points 2011-07-01T20:53:51Z After an hour spent in the cosmic, yellow world of Mildred Thompson’s “Magnetic Fields,” I noticed the alarmingly bright canvas subside into alternating tones of restraint and exclamation. The ‘slow art’ movement isn’t just about staring endlessly at paintings. It’s also about accessibility. 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z In Concert!” series will be filmed this summer for a 3-D movie that will feature 14 members of the television series and utilize whatever remaining exclamation points Fox possesses. ArtsBeat: Slushies Coming At You: 'Glee' Goes 3-D in New Concert Movie 2011-05-04T19:45:28Z She and the kids arrive with a flurry of abrazos and exclamations, and the viewer is plunged into the warmth and chaos of it all. ‘Everybody Knows’ Review: Penélope Cruz’s Homecoming Turns Frantic 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z No color can be universally appealing, she said, and she advised those who felt wary of Very Peri to consider making it an exclamation point on a single wall or a piece of furniture. Creating a Color of the Year for All Time and Space 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The vocabulary here is more full-bodied – fierce exclamation marks of dance that maximise the careening urgency of Ned Rorem's String Quartet No 4. Richard Alston Dance Company ? review 2011-04-06T18:00:06Z Their travelogues read like Web posts — exclamation points included — and document a country on the cusp, experiencing both the beginning of the automotive era and the final remnants of the American frontier. How America’s open road inspired three women of the 1910s 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z But without her own exclamation points to end the sentence, she fell back on confetti cannons. Meghan Trainor powers through illness, relies on doo-wop at Fillmore 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z I hate that I’m trapped by it, that if I don’t put six exclamation points in an email or text I sound like a jaded ex-bullfighter or a 13-year-old goth girl. Too many exclamation points!!! 2012-07-28T19:00:00Z I look at e-mails from her and they are full of exclamation points and underlines. Death at Soho House 2011-02-04T23:13:13Z Also, we loved the musical, Oliver!, with its boy soprano and jaunty exclamation point. Counting Down Dickens' Greatest Novels. Number 10: Oliver Twist 2012-01-27T18:23:43Z Maybe her mistake was to attempt two shows with an exclamation mark in the title. Stage frights: musicals we'll never see 2013-07-16T11:51:58Z “It ends up being the exclamation point on the Federal Triangle,” says Thomas Luebke, secretary of the U.S. One of D.C.’s great fountains comes back to life, but it shouldn’t have taken so long 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z HBO just aired “The Latin Explosion,” 60-plus minutes of documentary exclamation that pins the rise of Latin people in the United States to the prevalence of Latin entertainers, specifically musicians. Estefan and ‘La Bamba’ Cover Only Part of America’s Latin Culture in the 1980s 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z The warmth of that sound; the glorious blue-sky of it still warrants exclamation — like “oh my lord” but alternatively divine. Olivia Newton-John: That Headband Was a Crown 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z But a wondering exclamation from Zelda — “What are the odds?” — hints at a revelation that will only be alluded to casually, although the audience is likely to guess it early on. | 'The How and the Why': Student Meets a Mentor She Has Met Before 2011-01-18T22:30:20Z The heavily caricatured humour, expressed in exaggerated walks and histrionic exclamations, seems strained at times. Dubliners – review 2012-10-01T17:14:54Z She loves it with like 18 exclamation points.’” Taylor Swift dissed as New York tourism ambassador 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z But there’s a reason for their potty-mouthed exclamations — these young girls, dressed up in princess costumes, are cursing to protest inequalities that are even more shocking than curse words. Watch These Little Princesses Drop F-Bombs for Feminism 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z “Our naming philosophy was that it was either a pun or a regular word with an exclamation point,” Mr. Soma said. Brooklyn Brainery Offers Popular Courses 2012-04-04T21:47:16Z In the hospital’s records, his fever was flagged with an exclamation point. Dallas Ebola patient was sent home with 103 degree fever 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Each dashlike stroke — which is most often a petal or a leaf — exists separately, suspended in space, like a kind of exclamation point. Art in Review: GERBEN MULDER: ?Flowers? 2010-12-02T22:00:00Z "It'd be great if you had an exclamation point," one of the owners says to her husband as she takes in the sign. "Luann & Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake": An indicator of just how little class money can buy 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z The two had heard the movie contained a vulgar exclamation that was not often heard in films at the time. In ‘Reporter,’ Seymour Hersh Recounts Leaping Tall Deadlines in Single Bounds 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Now, imagine that each period and each collection of exclamation points above represents another nude photo. Kanye West tweets naked pics of Kim Kardashian, who finds that adorable 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Her e-mails are filled with exclamation marks and signed with x’s, denoting kisses. Pointed Choreography, Rooted in South Africa 2011-02-10T23:05:43Z To avoid pity-parties, I will end each note with a spirited exclamation point!” Circa Now: Bah, Humblebrag: The (Unfortunate) Rise of False Humility 2012-11-30T20:49:55Z As if by common consent, people turned to the ellipsis and the exclamation point. Cultural Studies: Talking (Exclamation) Points 2011-07-01T20:53:51Z Wahlberg’s exclamation makes it seem like there are a Transformers everywhere, strewn about the earth like Pokemon and all we have to do is collect them. The new “Transformers” trailer shows us Optimus Prime’s face — and I wish it didn’t 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z She unearths so many strange, wondrous facts that my exclamation marks in the margin resemble elaborate Morse code. A Graphic Novelist’s Passionate Anatomy of New York 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z That monologue about forgetfulness concludes with a frustrated exclamation: “I think I’ll write poetry instead.” | 'Leaving': A New Play by Vaclav Havel Has Its American Premiere 2010-06-08T22:24:00Z Were this final comment posted online it might need a winky emoticon, or several exclamation marks, to make clear the sarcasm. Adam Buxton: 'I was called a smarmy, greased-up dwarf' 2013-05-11T17:00:03Z So that was like a way to force multiple exclamation points into the book. Shooting hoops and K-dramas: The American dream of not being relegated to a subplot 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z I guess my only rule is to use the exclamation point sparingly, like adverbs, italics and cortisone cream.” Cultural Studies: Talking (Exclamation) Points 2011-07-01T20:53:51Z The knee slide has been among the most popular exclamation point. World Cup stars get creative in celebrating goals 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z The triple release by a punk band, with exclamation points, is no mean feat. ArtsBeat: Triple Trouble: Green Day to Release Three New Albums Over Four Months 2012-04-12T13:32:17Z Haydn’s “Seven Last Words” is a string quartet originally written for church performance as an Easter meditation, with each movement responding to one of the exclamations Jesus made while being crucified. Henschel Quartet Offers Solace for Pope Benedict 2010-03-26T16:30:00Z He told Watkins of Burke’s extraordinary devotion to playwrights, which Watkins marveled at nonetheless when she questioned him closely on the pronunciation he intended for the exclamation “Agh,” which appears repeatedly in her lines. An ‘Impossible Dream’ Comes True, Again, for Marylouise Burke in ‘Epiphany’ 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z In what other dance do you see such a tremendous female corps de ballet, their ponytails lashing, as they cut across the stage like an exclamation point? Review: City Ballet’s New Gods and Duos 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z In his review of that production, Charles Isherwood called it a “self-consciously ditsy show” that “really earns that exclamation point.” A 'Disaster!' Is Coming to Broadway 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Speaking by phone from New York recently, Pfeiffer’s sentences were punctuated by exclamation points as she processed her whirlwind summer. Her first job out of college: the lead in 'West Side Story' at the Hollywood Bowl 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z But time, a job change and fate conspiring in his favor allowed him to begin anew with Angela LaRocca, a vibrant woman he describes as “a human exclamation point.” Finding Love at Starbucks, With the Help of 84-Year-Old Cupids 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z No wonder there’s an exclamation mark in its title. Review: Mother!, Ambitious and Dorky, Is Sure to Be Divisive 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Blumenthal adds: “The other thing you want to always — underlined, exclamation point — do is keep your raw meat, fish and chicken on a shallow tray to catch spills.” Cleaning and purging your fridge cuts waste and saves energy. Here’s how to do it. 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z You know, there’s no place for putting lots of words into describing these experiences, and, if anything, you want to walk the tightrope balance between just full-on interjections and exclamations. Will Oldham barest interview: “I trust that there are people every day, finding their way to the pieces of work that are going to be important in their lives” 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Her gestures are smooth elucidation, rather than a series of exclamation points. Perspective | Marianne Williamson won’t make you feel better about America, but you’ll feel better about yourself 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Ruvo, who comes scented with expensive cologne, is not intimidating, but — like most good salesmen — he uses proximity to put exclamation points on his message. Scene Stealers: Larry Ruvo’s Vegas Party for a Brain Center 2013-04-19T22:25:37Z For one thing “Fiorello!,” like Encores!, has an exclamation point, and the classic American musical is an exclamation-point kind of art form. Theater Review: ‘Fiorello!’ an Encores! Musical at City Center 2013-01-31T22:37:27Z The title, while based on one of Ms. Estefan’s hit singles, takes liberties on both ends: The song was actually called “Get on Your Feet,” with no exclamation point. Broadway Shows Get the Point! Again! 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z As I said: much flesh, bared and half-eaten, and profane exclamations at the sight of it both ways. | 'Piranha 3D': Richard Dreyfuss Is Back With Biting Fish 2010-08-22T18:51:00Z Up close you see that he added in pencil the exclamation “Ha!” scores of times throughout. Art in Review: JACK STRANGE: ?Deep Down? 2011-11-10T22:57:12Z The special effects are pretty wild, though not always as overpowering as the gasps and exclamations of the characters might indicate. Review: ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Gives a Child of the Universe Powerful Friends 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Just about the only thing the Bill T. Jones musical “Fela!” has in common with the old-school Broadway musical is that excessive exclamation point. Tony Nominations Prove the Musical Has Lost Its Voice 2010-06-11T04:31:00Z Add an exclamation point to that line, and you’ve got what sounds like a teaser from an ad for a 1950s B movie or the sort of paperback once read under a plain brown wrapper. | 'Unnatural Acts' : Behind the Closed Doors of Harvard, 91 Years Ago 2011-06-24T02:01:10Z I'm looking right now at a listing near my own house rhapsodizing about the kitchen's "Hood Vent!!" with, yes, two exclamation points. A tiny gingerbread house got listed on Zillow for 31 days, and the price felt all too real 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z It would consist of nothing but headlines, all set in extra-large type, all goal-posted with exclamation points and all proclaiming essentially the same thing. Theater Review: ?Newsies the Musical,? by Alan Menken and Harvey Fierstein 2012-03-30T02:00:00Z For some of the participants, that juror was furious, as communicated by a liberal use of the caps lock and exclamation keys. Why Angry Men Are More Influential Than Angry Women 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z But if you phrase something in a more specific, less rote way, you can sidestep the exclamation point. Your Guide to Not Using So Many Exclamation Points 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z I also can’t forgive the exclamation point in the show’s title. Theater Review: ‘The Chocolate Show!’ Celebrates a Common Obsession 2014-03-05T20:33:34Z Sorry — that old-fashioned French exclamation inadvertently became a yawn. ‘Can-Can’ Revisits Montmartre at Paper Mill Playhouse 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z As punctuation following Ishiuchi's show, "The Younger Generation: Contemporary Japanese Photography" is as open-ended as an ellipsis and as emphatic as an exclamation point. In her photos, Ishiuchi Miyako focuses on the dynamics, tensions of postwar Japan 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z So when Mr. Rylance agreed to spend some time with me to discuss the birth and evolution of his Olivia, it felt “most wonderful,” to use one of the lady’s more memorable exclamations. How Mark Rylance Became Olivia Onstage 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z “At first it was just ‘Bossy’ with an exclamation mark, because of my musical theater background,” he says. Arts & Leisure: Producer, Writer, Star and One Funny Mama 2011-04-13T20:03:14Z Only one note is free of the exclamation mark. Guardian book club: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen 2010-10-15T08:42:00Z And a lot of exclamation points will signal that this is an exciting story!!! Books of The Times: ?The Technologists,? by Matthew Pearl, Is Set in 1868 2012-02-23T00:25:22Z They are all in CAPS, with many, many exclamation marks. Mimi by Lucy Ellmann – review 2013-02-15T08:01:01Z “When she bounds onstage with a holler and a howl,” Jeannette Catsoulis wrote in The New York Times, “it’s clear she deserves that exclamation point in the title.” What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Surprise! Instant Xmas Carol’ and Lin-Manuel Miranda 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z If you’re going to be brazen enough to put an exclamation point in the title of your show, you’d better earn it, and “INFESTED!” certainly does. The Week Ahead: Jan. 9 ? 15 2011-01-07T17:43:18Z Suddenly, the stack becomes an exclamation point: Read this! Zoe Leonard’s Messages Strike Hard — and Cast a Spell 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z There are the usual “We’ve been walking in a circle!” exclamations. The New Curse of Blair Witch: It's Barely Scary 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Coincidentally, many of the earliest typewriters did not include a specialized key for the exclamation point, and the endeavor to sound animated required three strokes: an apostrophe, a backspace and a period. Cultural Studies: Talking (Exclamation) Points 2011-07-01T20:53:51Z "Most of !!!'s sleeves use the big repeating exclamation mark motif, so it wasn't a great leap of the imagination to apply it to this," said designer James Burton. Daft Punk up for artwork prize 2013-11-14T06:43:59Z With an insistent exclamation mark, as if I'd been told several times before. Discover white-knuckle England with this handy holiday guide… 2013-04-27T23:05:40Z Wolfe uses "!!" and "!!!" and "?!" and "!?" and "!!??," and for extra oomph he italicizes a word, capitalizes every letter — and attaches an exclamation point. 'Back to Blood': Tom Wolfe's Miami novel falls victim to stylistic excess 2012-10-17T18:38:09Z Mind you, it didn’t have to be a main character or even a bit part to warrant the exclamation. Hooray for Joan Watson: Why well-rounded Asian-American characters matter 2014-01-22T23:59:00Z This is a show that inspires its fans to write with exclamation points and capital letters. “Penny Dreadful” finishes strong: This sophisticated, evocative Victorian thriller appeals to fantasy and history fans alike 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z And one might even get crazy and use the interrobang for variety’s sake, which is the Siamese twin of an exclamation mark and question mark. Your Guide to Not Using So Many Exclamation Points 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Overwhelmingly, people leaving the exhibition said the wait was well worth it, as evidenced by the exclamations over the breadth of McQueen’s imagination and the skill of his tailoring. Waiting Hours to See the McQueen Exhibit, in a Line Not Unlike a Runway 2011-08-08T00:30:27Z I filled the margins with check marks of admiration, but also with exclamation points. Rachel Cusk’s New Novel Turns Up the Heat at a Private Artist’s Retreat 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Other groups have actively improved their output with a deft exclamation point. From Help! to Build A Rocket Boys!, exclamation marks rock! 2011-01-15T00:07:06Z For decades, Broadway musicals used exclamation points in their titles liberally and unironically. Broadway Shows Get the Point! Again! 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z If the book in question were “Young Mungo,” by Douglas Stuart, it might begin with observations like “Gorgeous writing!” and “Wow,” before graduating to expletives and exclamation marks and wobbly underlines and question marks. ‘Young Mungo’ Explores Love and Violence in Emotional Technicolor 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z First among equals might be spot prawn, its exclamation point courtesy of finger lime, revered as the caviar of citrus. Review | The fishing is prime at Sushi Nakazawa in D.C. 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Those exclamation points are charming and enviable because nothing in the film inspires such enthusiasm. Movie Review: In ‘Thérèse,’ a Woman Struggles in 1920s France 2013-08-22T21:01:30Z Jeffrey Dean Morgan is electric in his performance, which is unfortunately also full of affected mannerisms — wild exclamations, an odd backbend-type move — that quickly grew tiresome. ‘The Walking Dead’ Is Back: 7 Questions for the Second Half Premiere 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z The contrast between them was considerable – they looked like a broken exclamation mark. Michael Holden's All ears 2011-01-22T00:06:47Z Instead it is the first exclamation point in an evening of many. ‘Ain’t No Mo’’ Review: After Great Tribulation, an Exodus of Black Citizens 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The landscape would be hypnotic, if not for the occasional shocks of bright yellow canola fields that punctuate the scene like exclamation points. The epicurean way: a four-day road trip around South Australia's wine regions 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York bartender who had never run for office before last year, filled her posters with sharp-angled text and Spanish exclamation points. Analysis | Red, white and blah: Why are all these 2020 campaign logos so boring? 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z “Innocence” is by its nature more dramatic but achieves its heightened emotions through absence as much as exclamation. Best Classical Music of 2021 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z A large number of these women expect a long prison sentence, one that will put an exclamation mark on the first major conviction of the #MeToo era. Will Bill Cosby’s Trip From America’s Dad to Sex Offender End in Prison? 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z When he played more than one string at a time, it was a slashing exclamation. Concert review: Flexions at Neumos 05.01.10 2010-05-03T00:47:00Z “Repetition is the mother of skill,” Robbins writes, and, “There will be a lot of exclamation points!” Tony Robbins, self-help guru, is larger than life Merely decorative in previous shows, the dancers framing Ms. Barrio here subtly mirror and amplify her emotions with cutting shapes and percussive exclamations. Review: ‘Antigona’ Is Noche Flamenca’s Teeming Take on the Greek Tragedy 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Finn is an ebullient teenager with a signature white bear hat, prone to such unlikely exclamations as “Mathematical!” and “Algebraic!” The Weird World of Adventure Time Comes Full Circle 2013-03-29T11:00:44Z Told in an exuberant voice, with ample humor, delightful asides and exclamation points, “Baggage: Tales From a Fully Packed Life” serves up reminiscences that are both intimate and glittery. Review | Alan Cumming gets chummy in his gossipy and insightful book ‘Baggage’ 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z I was still finishing it when the owner of the restaurant, alerted by my exclamations of joy, came over to talk. In Search of Japan’s Hidden Culinary Revolution 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Still, the show is a clear reflection of Mr. Daniels, a walking, talking exclamation point of a man, with a sensibility so over the top that sometimes even he marvels at it. Lee Daniels Watches ‘Empire’ – and Talks Back to the Screen 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Suddenly as the riot squad moved in it was raining exclamation marks, Nuts, bolts, nails, car-keys. Ciaran Carson’s Urgent, Hopeful, Final Lines 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Not only was his misjudged Channel Five remake of Minder quickly axed but Sky1's Don't Forget The Lyrics! is a gameshow even more exasperatingly terrible than its titular exclamation mark suggests. Kat's back! EastEnders celebrates the homecoming of Mr and Mrs Alfie Moon 2010-09-21T13:33:00Z Call-and-response vocal parts, howling guitars and towering crescendos function as exclamation marks. Pitchfork Day 2: Sleigh Bells, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Wild Flag 2012-07-15T06:26:00Z I was wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the word “bazinga,” Sheldon’s self-satisfied exclamation whenever he thinks he’s got the better of one of his pals. Riff: I Love ‘The Big Bang Theory.’ And You Should, Too. 2013-05-26T02:11:30Z Trembling with happiness and without even having to provide one's own exclamation mark, one settles down on the sofa for a weekendful of Dickie C indulgence. Richard Chamberlain 2010-06-29T07:00:00Z All the while they interrupt each other with fragmented thoughts and exclamations, that is, when the storytellers aren’t being interrupted by sudden blasts of pop music. Review: In ‘Misdemeanor Dream,’ Speaking to the Unseen 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z Classic style manuals generally decree that exclamation points be used sparingly. Cultural Studies: Talking (Exclamation) Points 2011-07-01T20:53:51Z I almost stopped to ask if I had heard her correctly, it was the last exclamation I would have imagined coming out of her mouth. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Facts are stranger than fiction 2013-04-19T17:29:01Z A confetti cannon tries to put an exclamation point on a dud dance. Review: In Lea Michele, ‘Funny Girl’ Has Finally Found Its Fanny 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z “I’m a bad person!” he spits out, an exclamation that starts things off amusingly, since few would argue that the conniving Edmund of the original was a moral paragon. 2010-01-15T04:13:00Z Tentative opening moments quickly turned to a maelstrom, with Parker's tenor sax delivering gruff eddies of sound and exclamations over Bates's runs and the agile pulse of Eldh and Bruun. Evan Parker/Django Bates ? review 2011-01-30T18:01:00Z And this relentless use of ballet technique as exclamation points made "Preludes and Fugues" increasingly predictable. Twyla Tharp's 50th anniversary program, while graceful, becomes predictable 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z One half of a duo with Christopher Guest, Crystal’s Ricky dons a monogrammed bowling shirt and responds to every other event with a goofy laugh and an incredulous exclamation of “Unbelievable!” 11 of the Most Memorable Celebrity Guests on 'Sesame Street' 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z That said, I hasten to add that the last thing the country’s political discourse needs is another boatload of exclamation points. Theater Review: ‘An Enemy of the People’ at Samuel J. Friedman Theater 2012-09-28T02:00:19Z An Italian exclamation here, a French phrase there. A Tough Mama Tries to Find Her Inner Diva 2011-06-23T23:07:53Z OK, in fairness, Russo used an exclamation point—”A fresh start!”— and Wolf throws in a “For Pennsylvania.” This Politician Is Definitely Watching Too Much House of Cards 2014-02-11T21:47:36Z That’s not surprising: Most of the cast members would be considered the “exclamation points” of their previous projects. ‘The Afterparty’ Is a Genre Romp Wrapped in a Comic Mystery 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z The report may have been written for a military audience, but von Neumann seems so excited by his own reasoning that he resorts to exclamation points. ‘The Man From the Future’ Recounts the Life of a Restless Genius 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z His character will point with it or chew on it or make an exclamation with it, saying something like “C’mon people, dazzle me!” How Jeremy Sisto keeps the CBS drama ‘FBI’ moving briskly 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z No writer this side of Emily Dickinson uses the exclamation point more to convey manic alienation: “Chapel of Chimes! — Michaela’s numbed brain hears Chapel of Crimes.” Review | Joyce Carol Oates captures the wobbly reality of widowhood in ‘Breathe’ 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z They found that best-sellers have lots of contractions—the better, they explain, to mimic contemporary speech—and exclamation points only rarely. “The Bestseller Code” Tells Us What We Already Know 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z People expressed themselves through all caps, exclamations, italics, parentheticals, and words that are sometimes considered filler, such as “like.” Rookie Brought the Inclusive Spirit of Zines to the Internet Era 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z He had it down to a single exclamation: “Up!” Lessons on Male Insecurity (and Indigestion) from Walt Whitman’s Men’s-Health Column 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Ordinarily, that sentence would arrive with exclamation points. Uncouth, Cranky and Rude: Movies in 1988 Were a Far Cry From Today 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Instead, in 99.9 percent of the time, laughter occurred in tidy, natural breaks in the conversation, punctuating the speech like a period or exclamation point. Why laughter makes no sense: The surprising science behind what tickles our funny bones 2014-04-09T22:59:00Z She practically starts running down the stairs to get in line, letting out a string of joyful exclamations and stretching out the words bounce house into a short song. What Peaches Can Teach America Now 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z So lately I’ll type an exclamation point, pause, and then delete it. Too many exclamation points!!! 2012-07-28T19:00:00Z Odd. saw them drop the exclamation mark in their name and switch to baroque classic rock. Panic! at the Disco: Vices & Virtues ? review 2011-03-24T22:20:01Z “See you at 1:00 for the meeting,” I type, and then hesitate: If I don’t add an exclamation point it sounds like I plan to kill the person when I get there. Too many exclamation points!!! 2012-07-28T19:00:00Z The exclamation mark sells it: This song was Michael’s liberation. An Exclamatory Playlist! 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Relatives’ friends’ daughters sent Facebook messages breathless with exclamation marks and almost painful with need. The day Taylor Swift held my hand for a photo shoot 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z The clown’s final exclamation in the poem reclaims a sought-after selfhood. “The Black Clown” Beautifully Reconfigures a Langston Hughes Poem 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z And she brought down the house with a surprise curtain call, stirring murmurs of “Who?” that soon became exclamations of “Tippi Hedren!” Tippi Hedren, Hitchcock’s ‘Marnie,’ Loves the Met’s Opera 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z The poem brims with irony and is studded with staccato, commanding exclamations—“Freedom!” “The Black Clown” Beautifully Reconfigures a Langston Hughes Poem 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Adults, “serious musicians,” newspaper style guidelines: All of them tell you that exclamation points should be used sparingly. An Exclamatory Playlist! 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z No, the exclamation point is in the title. The Wiz Live! Everything you need to know to enjoy NBC's latest camp classic 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z A quiet “Oh,” a silent exclamation, pink and fragrant as the flower she was named after. I loved girls, but no one knew 2012-06-27T13:00:00Z There are cheers and jeers and the occasional shouted exclamation. A raucous, rousing Trump protest show plays to a sold-out L.A. audience 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z It’s one of the most perfectly proportioned streets I’ve ever walked along, the bell towers at either end acting as visual exclamation points bookending the gleaming stone pavement and the cream-colored buildings in between. The fantasy world of real-life Dubrovnik, Croatia The sound designers located Mr. Roth’s vocalizations online at several free Roth soundboards, where snippets of his exclamations are cataloged. ?The Select (The Sun Also Rises)? and Its Sound Effects 2011-09-09T14:41:20Z If the exclamation point is the adverb of punctuation, then italics are the Ambien of typography. Cultural Studies: Talking (Exclamation) Points 2011-07-01T20:53:51Z The bursts of asterisks, the scattering of exclamation points and ellipses, the syncopated distribution of repeated phrases and capitalized words — one could spot a Tom Wolfe sentence a room away. Tom Wolfe Kept a Close, Comical and Astonished Eye on America 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z He took off on Ko Ko as a set of peremptory exclamations, which was linked by lurching, arrhythmic drum patterns to the elegantly staccato theme of Moose the Mooche. Joe Lovano Us Five ? review 2011-03-30T18:15:00Z I don’t recall exactly what I said in response to the news, but whatever it was, it ended with an exclamation point and was a half-scale higher than my usual second alto. It’s Their Wedding, and Their Wedding Planning 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z “With an exclamation mark, it becomes fun. And what better way to treat a show about making the world’s first musical comedy?” Broadway Shows Get the Point! Again! 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Why will seeing a schoolboy being thoroughly well switched bring to your lips the same exclamation as seeing a man lifting down half a pig, hanging from a hook? 30 delightful puns from the Victorian Era 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Bemused Birthday: I don’t think you pal’s exclamation was really inappropriate — just quite clunky. Perspective | Ask Amy: Ghosted friend struggles to cope at church 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z “The text message and the exclamation point are made for each other, and I’m glad they finally found each other,” he said. Cultural Studies: Talking (Exclamation) Points 2011-07-01T20:53:51Z With the Oscars looming, the final exclamation point to this awards season, it’s an important lesson. At the Grammy Awards, White Roses Paled in Comparison to Kesha Rose 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Our “little baby boy,” he sings, was “like a black exclamation point on white linen paper.” Review: Police Violence Reaches Opera in ‘Blue’ 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z He was performing his rhapsodic single “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”—exclamation point very much included!—which he co-wrote for the film “Trolls,” and which was nominated for Best Original Song. The Corporate Optimism of Justin Timberlake at Last Night’s Oscars 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z And stretching back to his performances of the Requiem as the Chicago Symphony’s music director designate in 2009, Verdi has provided a series of exclamation points on his tenure here. Review: Before Riccardo Muti Leaves Chicago, a Verdi Farewell 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z And Velsor shares his creator’s gift for exclamation; who else but the author of “O Captain! My Captain!” would command the “clerk, literary man, sedentary person”: “Up! . . . Out in the morning!” Lessons on Male Insecurity (and Indigestion) from Walt Whitman’s Men’s-Health Column 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z But all the while since the navy has been losing dockyards, ships and crew – like a long, lulling sentence punctuated with commas and waking up finally with an exclamation mark. A British fleet with no aircraft carrier. Unthinkable! 2010-10-23T06:00:00Z Giddy with in-jokes, meta-moments and quick asides, “Teen Titans Go! To the Movies” is funny enough that you may just forgive its annoyingly placed exclamation point. Review: In ‘Teen Titans Go! To the Movies,’ It Takes a Superhero to Spoof One 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z “By taking home a little piece of the experience, it ends the stay with an exclamation point rather than a period,” she said. Goodie Bags Filled With Memories 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z There were lots of exclamation marks and no sordid scandals. Donny Osmond: Design icon 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z Chavkin says, with a wide smile and an audible exclamation point. ‘Great Comet’ director follows Tony nomination with D.C. premiere 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Goodman, who plays Sheriff Hartman, puts on a festival of mugging — his eyes apoplectically bulging, his pants being hoisted over his girth as a comedic exclamation point. Broadway's fall revivals: Why big stars can't make up for a lack of artistic vision 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z My notes regarding the staff at Ada’s are sprinkled with exclamation points and smiley faces. Review | A Potomac view meets polished cooking at Ada’s on the River in Alexandria 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z In 2004, Jennings wrote himself into game show history when he won a record 74 “Jeopardy!” games in a row, and his ascension would supply a pleasing exclamation point to his narrative. What Should the New ‘Jeopardy!’ Be? Guest Hosts Provide the Clues. 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z “She loves it with, like, 18 exclamation points after it, underlined.” Watch Taylor Swift Perform ‘Welcome to New York’ on Late Show with David Letterman 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z That Kundera has his tongue half in his cheek is part of the charm: Look at all those breathless exclamation marks. Milan Kundera's 'Festival of Insignificance' on being and smallness 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z But realistically speaking, it was probably her boredom with Reformation Drama that led to the exclamation more than any spine-tingling performance on my part. Hair metal forever! 2012-07-22T01:00:00Z It was just an exclamation of upbeatness, a logo in 3D. Heatherwick Studio; Serpentine Gallery Pavilion – review 2012-06-02T23:05:42Z But she struggles with the 32 whipping fouette turns that are the exclamation point on Odile’s domination of Siegfried in the third act. A show of virtuosos, ‘Swan Lake’ shimmers with strong women 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Every aspect of the Brianna character seems to followed by exclamation marks. ‘Outlander’ Season 2 Finale: I Believe You 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z It’s a strangely paced song, halting and propulsive from one moment to the next, and after four minutes of chug-a-lug, the band needs to stamp it with an exclamation point. Perspective | Chris Cornell’s singular voice soared above the gloom of grunge 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z The most magnificent element, though, is Prince’s vocal — a fantastically acrobatic falsetto come-on, punctuated with firecracker exclamations and climaxing with roof-raising shrieks. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z Despite the titular exclamation mark, it was their most mature record to date, opening with a sombre piano instrumental, and taking melodic flights of fancy on the hit single Blue Savannah. 1,000 Number ones: A chart history 2013-11-23T00:50:59Z I realized I was sprinkling exclamation points in emails and texts as a kind of hedge against the chance that the person on the other end wouldn’t like me. Too many exclamation points!!! 2012-07-28T19:00:00Z I’ve never known someone to speak with so many exclamation points. In Campeche, Pyramids Are Everywhere. Crowds Are Not 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z The aria eventually breaks into joyous bursts of dazzling coloratura passagework, with rousing exclamations from the chorus, and Ms. DiDonato delivered. Review: A ‘La Donna del Lago’ With Melting Tenderness at the Met 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z His prose hit like a howitzer, full of capital letters and exclamation points. The New Sensibility of Susan Sontag & Tom Wolfe: The “dark lady” and the man in white were an unlikely pair, but both were looking to liberate American culture 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z As a summary statement, the book, like the show, is a form of punctuation, though, graphically speaking, which one: an exclamation point, a question mark, an ellipsis? A Gathering of Greats in a Trove of Drawings at the Morgan 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Marie is short and odd looking, “a little exclamation. A little protest. A little insult. In any case, a little something.” A Dark Cavalcade of New Horror Fiction 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z The first is an exclamation — Oh, I love Edinburgh! — that tends to be followed by a wistful sigh and a disquisition about skylines or craggy hills. Read Your Way Through Edinburgh 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, back in America, Roger Ailes is a demonic wife killer reporting to the Memex from a sprawling mansion — six bedrooms! nine bathrooms! exclamation points! whatever! — where he is obsessed with turtles. Mark Doten's 'The Infernal' a darkly twisted take on Iraq war 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z I’m no etymologist; I don’t know when that exclamation point became a question mark and was wrapped in sarcasm. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Really?’ Pops Up Everywhere on Television 2012-10-01T22:17:08Z His signature beading provides the exclamation point that Mrs. Obama likes to add to her outfits, Stephenson said. Michelle Obama chooses Naeem Khan gown _ again 2011-06-07T23:33:10Z Michael chose to revisit that title — though now with a time-stamp, and an exclamation! — for this hit from his second solo album, “Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1.” An Exclamatory Playlist! 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Gilbert overshares only in the department of exclamation points, and if you want to know what life postsunset is like, be advised: she takes us only to the altar. 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z The Yiddish version contains words like “Gevalt!” — an exclamation of shock or fright — instead of the more universal “Help!” How Do You Say ‘Tradition’ in Yiddish? 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Before the end, my spirit had sunk so low I wanted to creep away, all exclamation marks spent. Roy Lichtenstein: too cool for school? 2013-02-18T18:15:39Z The offbeat, adorable residents -- who fall in and out of love one enchanted Friday night as they exchange unsolicited kisses, awkward confessions and frequent exclamations of "Jesum Crow!" -- call the place Almost. Balancing sweet and tart, it's an 'Almost' happy holiday 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z There are many other gushing exclamations in her repertory. The Arts Show | Radio head 2010-03-31T05:45:00Z And yet even this exclamation is delivered with dignity; no Nashville singer is more tasteful than Jackson. Music gift sets: The best of 2010, from Bob Dylan to Michael Jackson 2010-12-11T00:34:00Z Paul Gray, a reviewer for Time magazine, described its “perfervid prose,” replete with exclamations. Colleen McCullough, author of ‘The Thorn Birds,’ dies at 77 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z He loops his breath, a sigh, a plosive exclamation and then layers vocals over the top of the track. Reggie Watts and Marie-Caroline Hominal Come to the Public Theater 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Those exclamation marks don’t make such reassurances any less creepy. ‘I felt colossally naive’: the backlash against the birth control app 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z As one writerly friend wrote to me about a decade ago, “Almost all uses of exclamation points, other than in reported speech, should be punished by death, administered with broadsword.” Your Guide to Not Using So Many Exclamation Points 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z The same is true for Rupert Murdoch, the way that he uses exclamation points. "It was damning": Brian Stelter excavates Fox News' culture, the Big Lie and Tucker Carlson's exit 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The exclamation point sums up the film’s approach, which is chaotic, emphatic and sometimes enjoyably silly. | 'Young Goethe in Love': ?Young Goethe in Love? - Review 2011-11-03T23:48:59Z The pages, which were thick with arrows and exclamation points, seemed only to get more densely crosshatched as time went on, and for good reason. In Search of Japan’s Hidden Culinary Revolution 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Saying “Shut the front door!” as an exclamation of disbelief, as Mark Ruffalo does in “The Kids Are All Right.” Crib Sheet: The 10 Things to Talk About This Weekend 2010-07-21T22:00:00Z It got me thinking about the art of using exclamation marks in band names and song titles. An Exclamatory Playlist! 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z When I settled on “Yowzie,” it was because we needed a title for promotion long before the dance was finished, and I saw the word only as an exclamation inside a cartoon balloon. Twyla Tharp on the Road: It’s About Time 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z The utterance is so on the nose, up-for-it exclamation point and all, that it surely must be self-aware. During a Social Media Break, Kim Kardashian West Offers ‘More Me’ 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Minarets pierce the city’s skyline like proud exclamation points, while the bell tower of the Catholic Church soars over them. Europe’s best border-busting day trips 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z But it is also one of the most strangely written documents to come along in ages, a dark tale short of evidence but long on exclamation points and editorializing about the Defendant’s “mischievous,” “lumbering” behavior. Ill Doctrine 2012-06-11T15:44:00Z There’s an exclamation in every email and text, if not a string of them!!! Your Guide to Not Using So Many Exclamation Points 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z The original Twitter thread, laden with exclamation points and smileys, aimed to provoke amazement and incredulity. ‘Zola’ Review: Twitter? I Hardly Know Her! 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z And the players handle the surprising transitions of “Scorpio” — switching between gloomy ostinato patterns and joyous tutti exclamations, then back again — with snap and poise. With ‘Zodiac,’ Mary Lou Williams Spanned Classical and Jazz 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z It is doing so with an exclamation point, glorying in the repertory system enabled by its enormous budget and backstage forces, by which it can, astonishingly, present four titles in a single weekend. 4 Operas in 48 Hours: A Critic’s Marathon at the Met 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Fake ones use more generic words like “vacation,” “family” and “experience” accompanied by a lot of commas and exclamation marks. How to spot fake reviews on travel sites 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z But Call the Midwife – despite the title, which needs only a cheerful exclamation mark to send the wary viewer scurrying to a documentary about metallurgy on BBC4 – cuts the mustard more than most. Rewind TV: Call the Midwife; Louie; Howard Goodall's Story of Music – review 2013-01-26T22:45:01Z Her words keep hurtling off through exclamations, exhortations, then collapsing in laughter. Fiona Shaw: 'I'm not frightened of hard words' 2012-07-17T18:01:00Z It’s a world made of up “italics and exclamation marks.” Books of The Times: ‘Lionel Asbo: State of England’ by Martin Amis 2012-08-19T18:59:48Z I've been wondering about the exclamation mark affixed to the title of I'm in a Rock'n'Roll Band! Last night's TV 2010-05-31T07:00:00Z With Mr. Dudamel and Los Angeles, some of Varèse’s peculiar rhythmic pileups seemed light on experimental charm, between the louder, showstopping exclamations. Review: Dudamel and Los Angeles Bring the Noise to New York 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z Try to keep count of his asymmetrical exclamations. Perspective | Playboi Carti made the album of the year. Playboi Carti made the album of the year. Playboi Carti made the 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z But perhaps most emblematic, the show’s frequent fistfights were accompanied by graphics — expressive exclamations printed on the screen in comic-book style: Krunch! Lorenzo Semple Jr., Creator of TV’s ‘Batman,’ Dies at 91 2014-04-01T04:02:29Z A recent show brochure had nearly a dozen exclamation points, including after the names of each principal cast member. Broadway Shows Get the Point! Again! 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z It was amazing, the exclamation point to a great night highlighting the incredible local gospel talent in Seattle. Sanjaya delivers rousing performance with local gospel choir 2010-04-16T12:15:00Z “There’s a case to be made that the exclamation point is the adverb of punctuation; if you have to put it in, then maybe the sentence didn’t do its job,” she said. Cultural Studies: Talking (Exclamation) Points 2011-07-01T20:53:51Z Basinger’s exuberant style — the exclamation mark in her title almost seems to declare the book a kindred spirit to “Oklahoma!” — coupled with her dry wit, is hard to resist. Why Movie Musicals Work 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z I knew he was thinking about double exclamation points. The night Ryan Adams said “f**k you” to the Fillmore 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Luhan rarely turned down the opportunity to smash a line home with an exclamation point, and it’s interesting to see her overheated tone bleed into Cusk’s cooler aesthetic. Rachel Cusk’s New Novel Turns Up the Heat at a Private Artist’s Retreat 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Occasionally he permits himself an exclamation point of delight or mild sarcasm. Recalling One Activist Group’s Outraged Art at the Height of the AIDS Crisis 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z More than once, he hears the exclamation, “I thought you were dead.” Review: ‘Cut Bank,’ Looking to Escape a Small Town and Its Eccentrics 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Let's save a few exclamation points for the rest of the series, shall we? 31 movies (including one big hobbit) for the holiday season 2012-11-20T22:14:05Z Beth makes the same incredulous exclamation every year. The Thanksgiving this vegetarian finally gave in and cooked a turkey 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z The keyboardists shift from question marks to exclamation points — one moment prodding against the groove, the next soloing in colorful bursts of noise. Chick Corea: Hear 12 Essential Performances 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z I have learned to punch up “thank you” with an exclamation mark, but I sometimes have to Google abbreviations and have even, in the privacy of my own workspace, examined emoji through a magnifying glass. The Long Hot Summer of Grammar 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Which is where my agitation began, but not where it ended, as I began to reread the original message and wonder: Had I used too many exclamation points, making me sound unserious? Judging Others by Their Email Tics 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z It means a slew of emails with a ton of exclamation points. A Book of Emails Women Love to Hate 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z And indeed, exasperated exclamation is one of the features of Moore's style, performing the unspoken protests of her protagonists. Guardian book club: Lorrie Moore's Collected Stories 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z “JFK” opens with a Chorus of the Fates, singing ominously about the universe holding many threads, with repeated exclamations of “November 22, 1963.” Review: ‘JFK’ Puts a Very Dark Day in an Operatic Light 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z The opening movement was somewhat pontifical, with ominous, weighty orchestral chords and repeated choral exclamations. Review: Premieres, a Tribute and an Anniversary at Carnegie Hall 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z The finale fared best of all, with an exclamation point of a coda. Andrew Manze leads L.A. Philharmonic in a horn showcase 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z The ratings put an exclamation point on an improbable 39-episode run for “Succession,” which debuted in 2018 to modest expectations and turned into a critics’ favorite and an awards show beast. ‘Succession’ Finale Drew 2.9 Million Viewers Sunday, a Series High 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Here’s an exclamation you will probably never hear: “Great news — I just got tickets to see experimental theater!” Critic?s Notebook: Festivals: Under the Radar, Coil, Other Forces, American Realness 2012-01-03T23:36:36Z And in a world where social media has become so deeply ingrained in our shared culture so quickly, we also have little control over which random slice of life might serve as our final exclamation. Colo. victims tweets give insight on life, death 2012-07-22T20:01:04Z In this era of emoji-laden texts and tweets, of course, exclamation points are the coin of the realm. Broadway Shows Get the Point! Again! 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z “However” — however!— “this is my beating heart: Boys need fathers. Boys need fathers — period, exclamation point.” ‘Survival Math’ Opens Some Personal Wounds but Leaves Others Hidden 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z It's expansive, it's showbiz, it's wrapped up with an impressive range of chuckles and sighs, and it reeks exclamation marks. Radio review: They Write the Songs 2011-03-16T07:59:01Z Between Young’s own solo and Shaw’s joyful musical exclamations during Davis’s performance, the live recording of “Zoltan” displays the hot core of Young’s big musical idea. Larry Young’s Self-Questioning Jazz 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z The exclamation point is the quickest and easiest way to kick things up a notch, but not if you’re angry. Cultural Studies: Talking (Exclamation) Points 2011-07-01T20:53:51Z In a letter to her collaborator Robert Rauschenberg, a jumble of exclamation points leaps off the page. Watching a Choreographer Build: Trisha Brown’s Unusual Archive 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Here, with his hand gestures and the frequent monosyllabic exclamations of exasperation, the actor’s Salvo sometimes resembles a kinder, gentler version of his Jake LaMotta in “Raging Bull.” ‘About My Father’ Review: De Niro in Dad Mode Again 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z The Grammy winner’s microaggression polemic “Don’t Touch My Hair” was the exclamation point to her set, but other songs from her critically acclaimed “A Seat at the Table” better framed the moment. Review | In a time of political uncertainty, Broccoli City Festival is needed more than ever 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z I’m also a supporter of Mother!, right down to the exclamation mark. Edgar Wright: ‘With Baby Driver, my oldest idea became my biggest hit’ 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z Adele follows that up with a string of exclamations, “Oh my god! Shut up! No way!” Adele Has the Most Adele Reaction When Little Girl Reveals Something Onstage 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z True, it is perhaps easier now to guffaw heartily at exclamations like “I don’t know about the rest of you, but I could sure use a drink,” or “Does this madness never end?” Theater Review: ‘Moose Murders,’ From Beautiful Soup Theater Collective 2013-02-01T23:04:40Z He tells us that apple wood burns with colorful flames, that when an otter leaves a stream, its “tail’s drag makes an exclamation point.” ‘Above the Waterfall’ review: A powerful tale of modern Appalachia 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Rarely has an exclamation point in a title been earned as thoroughly as the one in the new Broadway revival of “Hello, Dolly!” starring Bette Midler. Bette Midler and 'Hello, Dolly!': A match that makes for Broadway heaven 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Oklahoma!, we heard, didn't start selling well until they added that exclamation mark. Radio Review: The Musical 2010-09-21T06:59:00Z The crowd was stoked with anticipation but mostly mellow save for occasional exclamations of “Go Seahawks!” Soundgarden kicks off Seahawks opener concert 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z He filed away his voluminous correspondence about habitat conservation campaigns, adding marginal remarks full of capitalizations, underlining and exclamation points. Antiques: Digitizing Scrapbooks of the First Bronx Zoo Director 2013-08-29T21:12:11Z They act like punctuation, providing cues about how to understand the words that came before them, as an exclamation point might. Here Are Rules of Using Emoji You Didn't Know You Were Following 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Oh My God – note the lack of an exclamation mark, ebullient laughter implied but not stated – contains 30 lifesize portraits. Alexander Melamid and Yinka Shonibare 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z An exclamation mark after each address to Cynara creates a perfectly natural-seeming caesura. Poem of the week: Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae by Ernest Dowson 2011-03-14T11:48:11Z I do not use exclamation marks or reassuring phrases to make him feel more comfortable. "Dear Father" letters and DNA tests 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Art can change and restore reality: "A question mark or exclamation point has the power to turn a sentence around, or a destiny." The Light and the Dark by Mikhail Shishkin – review 2013-03-13T15:49:39Z Still, the place is less like the life sentence of Kansas than like a DayGlo exclamation point. Oz Revisited – Part 3: A Parable of Empowerment 2013-09-18T15:30:10Z Even the official accounts for Spotify, the audio streaming provider, and additional young adult focused retail companies, like Boohoo and Aerie, issued their simple congratulations with plenty of exclamation marks and hearts. The poignant victory of Britney Spears' pregnancy announcement 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z It is not, despite the exclamation point in its title, an exhibition that favors razzle-dazzle. Reverent Beauty: The Met’s Armenia Show Is One for the Ages 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Affirmations, exclamations of joy, moments of commemoration: I’ll skip the particulars of those last few holy minutes that were exclusive to the Black audience. In ‘What to Send Up,’ I See You, Black American Theater 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z In public, Mr. Bennett’s vocabulary is dominated by three exclamations: Great, Wow and Fantastic, the last of which he proclaims with a strong punch to the second syllable. Tony Bennett at 90: ‘I Just Love What I’m Doing’ 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z I passed signs with many exclamation marks and pictures of people with Ebola and yellow fever. Bringing Guantánamo to Park Avenue 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z The exclamation point in the title and the score “initially suggest that Mr. Soderbergh has put on his party hat and broken out the kazoo,” Ms. Dargis wrote in The Times in September. DVDs: In the Depression, a Couple Undone 2010-02-19T23:59:00Z It served as a “no” with an exclamation point. Perspective | I don’t want to spank my sassy 4-year-old. What should I do instead? 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Worshippers of the older films will have every right to feel cosseted and spoiled, as random exclamations—“Weapon fully charged in thirty seconds!” “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Reviewed 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z That exclamation is just one of the many bloody bits Hollywood has stitched onto the body of her classic novel. Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ comes ALIVE on Halloween 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Jacobs-Jenkins is using a genre associated with exclamation points to ask questions not only about the portrayal of race in America but also about the inadequate means we have for such portrayals. Theater Review: ‘An Octoroon,’ a Slave-Era Tale at Soho Rep 2014-05-05T02:00:01Z But a glowing structure rising skyward in a concrete exclamation point at one end of the promenade lures your eyes up, away from the ground-level spectacle. Miami has designer everything else — why not parking garages? 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Years in the making, the album's unanticipated arrival on Monday seemed like a series of boldfaced exclamation points to end the year. In 2014, hip hop takes a potent stand 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Mr. Gilson has the energy and childish curiosity of someone a fraction of his age; my conversation with him was peppered with exclamations of “cool!” and “groovy!” Built on Steel, Pittsburgh Now Thrives on Culture 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, the literati are particularly sensitive to, or particularly defensive about, the use of the exclamation point. Cultural Studies: Talking (Exclamation) Points 2011-07-01T20:53:51Z Parlor games, especially, usually involve sitting close together, touching and sharing cards or game pieces, and excited exclamations. Perspective | Ask Amy: Rules needed for inviting friends to indoor game night 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z “Young people have more energy and fewer responsibilities!” he emailed, the exclamation mark revealing the fervour with which he holds this belief. I thought I had hit the age of peak happiness. How wrong I was 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z And her high register tended to lack not volume but richness, so her climactic exclamations were less than harrowing. Review: The Met Opera Found an Audience for ‘Fedora.’ For Now. 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z The exclamation point is a natural reaction to this: Writers are shouting to be heard.” Cultural Studies: Talking (Exclamation) Points 2011-07-01T20:53:51Z "I got a text message from our costume designer with a bunch of emojis and sparkly things and exclamations points," Paulson said. Emmys 2014: Sarah Paulson gets emoji surprise, praises 'Thrones' 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z The exclamation mark in the title of this collection suggests an announcement, a new arrival. What's steampunk? 2012-08-28T13:55:51Z Everything moved fast, plates landed on the table and flew off, each bite an exclamation of pure delight. The Many Faces of Puerto Rico 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Red herrings, exclamations of “Elementary!” and the assurance that life’s problems have logical solutions are at the core of Mr. Moore’s world view. Books of The Times: A Sherlock Holmes Tale That?s Hardly Elementary 2010-12-16T07:05:12Z Ten minutes long, it is a testament to truth in titling: a frenetic ride that blends queasy glissandos with rousing exclamations fit for an action-movie montage. In a Dark Time, This Music Will Make You Smile 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z If we don’t do a little something to reserve the pure exclamation mark, it may soon require an army of them to express true emphasis. Your Guide to Not Using So Many Exclamation Points 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z His tweets tend to follow the same structure: two brief statements, then a single emotive word or phrase and an exclamation mark. Double-plus effective 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z And she notes a curious rebound effect: “The more exclamation points you use, the more you need to use in order create an impression of exclamation.” Cultural Studies: Talking (Exclamation) Points 2011-07-01T20:53:51Z For Marcel Brown, who enjoyed a corned beef sandwich at his mother’s house when he was released from prison, she painted the sandwich and his exclamation “Thank God I’m home.” Julie Green, Artist Who Memorialized Inmates’ Last Suppers, Dies at 60 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z If “Good People” and “Hat” end in question marks, “Jerusalem” concludes with an exclamation point writ in lightning. On Broadway, Old Friends Walking on Air 2011-05-12T14:27:20Z With their exclamation points and forced cheer, I stumble on these lines as if they came straight from his two children. Snowmaking is the most dangerous part of skiing 2013-02-23T13:00:00Z Like the best Sleater-Kinney songs, it felt like a snarling expression of we’re-all-in-this-togetherness — and it delivered its exclamation point in the form of a question from Tucker: “Whose side are you on?” Sleater-Kinney still sounds fierce, but something seemed off at 9:30 Club 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z “The presence of an exclamation mark already modifies the tone of a statement, and inverting it to yield an i-like character both hints at the implied i-rony and simultaneously suggests the inversion of its meaning.” Tone Is Hard to Grasp Online. Can Tone Indicators Help? 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z In their memoir, “The Little Toy Dog,” both McKone and the co-pilot, Freeman Bruce Olmstead, remember hearing a sudden exclamation over the plane’s intercom, “Where in hell did that guy come from?” Kennedy-Nixon 1960 election clash: The last time Russians intervened in a U.S. election 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z If all goes as expected, the circus audience’s usual raucous cheers will mix with exclamations of “bravo.” Seattle trapeze artists team up with live orchestra for what may be a first-of-its-kind performance 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z His panic is palpable in the exclamation points and capital letters he deployed in his report on the Lake Okeechobee area. Tears for the Magnificent and Shrinking Everglades, a ‘River of Grass’ 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Just to fully convey her enthusiasm, know that I had to cut off the latter part of the exclamation points, along with special characters, to fit the quote on this page. The real story of how women evaluate men’s junk 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Thomas is galvanized by the discovery, at first assured that he will be hailed as the town’s hero when his report is published in the newspaper, with all those exclamation points in place. Theater Review: ‘An Enemy of the People’ at Samuel J. Friedman Theater 2012-09-28T02:00:19Z I messaged Cartagena Paws two weeks before my departure and received a reply peppered with exclamation points. That rescue dog doesn’t need a home. He needs a flight companion to get there. 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The text message conveyed urgency and alarm, even without all caps and exclamation points. As wineries reopen for tastings, expect appointments, pre-poured glasses and plenty of sanitizer 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Much depends on your tolerance for excitable personalities like Sergio who eagerly turn life into self-aggrandizing drama, as if living their personal truth entails punctuating every sigh and statement with exclamation points. Review: ‘Duck Butter’ and the 24-Hour ‘for Real’ Relationship 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z She was a great one for exclamation marks. Bee Wilson: rereading Food in England by Dorothy Hartley 2012-12-14T22:55:05Z Four days before my 17-hour flight from Washington to Malawi, I received an email with more exclamation marks than an electronics store advertising a liquidation sale. How to bid on an airline seat upgrade and win 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z He once explained that his books bear "traces of the violence of pencil strokes, exclamation points, arrows and underlining." Jacques Derrida's library goes to Princeton 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z The disaster was less an accident, says Brown, a historian at M.I.T., than “an exclamation point in a chain of toxic exposures that restructured the landscape, bodies and politics.” Looking Again at the Chernobyl Disaster 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z His famous jungle-cry seemed to me an exclamation of relief at his sartorial good fortune. | Float, Memory 2014-05-06T13:00:33Z My wife, the ever-patient high school teacher, regards such rude exclamations as teachable moments. Review | In ‘Disfigured,’ a writer explores the damaging ways fairy tales shape our view of the world — and ourselves 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Larry’s new jokes are delivered, always, in two short sentences, the first of which is a declaration, the second a groaningly appropriate exclamation in response. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: I declare these jokes groundbreaking 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Add to it the narrative voice: that of an almost giddy sommelier expressing himself with too many exclamation points and rhetorical question marks. If Tea Isn’t Your Cuppa, How About Beer, Wine or Coffee? 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Other days, it’s a bit less of an exclamation, and more a case of standing in front of the fridge and wondering, “What on earth is for dinner?” A Weeknight Pasta That Finds Freedom in the Familiar 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z To call Sue Mengers a “character” is an understatement, unless the word is written in all caps, followed by an exclamation point and modified by an expletive. ‘Can I Go Now?’ review: The Life of Sue Mengers 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Again and again, he adds cinematic exclamation points when none are needed. Review: ‘The Hunting Ground’ Documentary, a Searing Look at Campus Rape 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z But in casual conversation, he adds, the phrase assumes an air of exclamation. Arepas Pues review: Stuffed corn cakes by way of Colombia and Venezuela 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z It helps that they look funny together, resembling nothing so much as a sideways exclamation point, with Mr. Tatum’s verticality complementing Mr. Hill’s sphericality. ’22 Jump Street’ Puts Cops on Campus 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Wein also relies too much on italics or exclamation points to emphasize a fact that would be powerful enough on its own. Flying Through the Night to Defeat the Nazis 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z I started counting exclamation marks from the start, first with a Downward Dog coaxed from gin, grapefruit and Campari, then with a bouquet of warm seeded breadsticks. Garrison review: A chef finds his place — and his groove — on Barracks Row 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Gurung added some exclamation points, specifically citing as his muse a woman in combat. The sound of NY Fashion Week: smartphones snapping 2013-02-09T23:46:04Z It would be the exclamation point on a tenure devoted to contemporary work; the Metropolitan Opera, which had also been planning the piece, stepped deferentially aside. Review: The Philharmonic Makes Wagner’s Gods Chillingly Human 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z The two exclamation points in the name of the choreographer and star, Kentaro!!, and the sound of mistranslation in the name of his group, Tokyo Electrorock Stairs, raised expectations of a joke. Dance Review: Contemporary Dance Showcase at Japan Society 2013-01-16T17:52:03Z Ginsberg and Tom Wolfe should have dueled with exclamation points at 10 paces. Books of The Times: ‘The Hungry Ear: Poems of Food & Drink,’ Kevin Young, Editor 2012-10-22T04:03:03Z The musical theater historian Laurence Maslon charts the waning of the exclamation point to the style of serious musical theater exemplified by the director Harold Prince and the composer Stephen Sondheim. Broadway Shows Get the Point! Again! 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z And: “Go light on exclamation points in dialogue. No, even lighter than that. Are you down to none yet? Good.” Meet the Guardian of Grammar Who Wants to Help You Be a Better Writer 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Such a marathon was an extraordinary exclamation point on the Met’s achievement in merely keeping the lights on. At the Met This Season, Opera Was Icing on the Cake 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z |
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