What's the difference between exclamation and hallelujah?

Exclamation


Definition:

  • (n.) A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
  • (n.) A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
  • (n.) A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also exclamation point.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is early days, and what is to say the people of Gateshead or Cardiff will be quite so forthcoming with the exclamations of "cool", "awesome" and "neat" as the audience in Oxford.
  • (2) Boom!” tweeted Morgan, utilising a local exclamation.
  • (3) The distinguishing criteria are: lack of pigment in infected red blood cells; no circulating schizonts or gametocytes; "atypical" malarialike organisms; tetrad groups, rods, or exclamation-mark forms; and persisting parasitemia after treatment for malaria.
  • (4) The reference to “global” tables is part of the argument that says doing exclamation marks better than Johnny Foreigner enables British capitalism to compete better with the Chinese.
  • (5) A transfer to the West End was highly successful, and Richard Attenborough directed the star-studded film version of 1969 (for which the title acquired an exclamation mark).
  • (6) After a tense first half, the second act, which includes the depiction of Klinghoffer’s murder, was quieter, with a sole exclamation of “this is shit!” by a woman in the stalls, who was hushed by the rest of the audience.
  • (7) After his statements drew angry exclamations and arguments from men standing nearby, Valery's wife pulled him away and they left.
  • (8) #voterid October 2, 2012 The exclamation point is needed, there, we'd note, because the Pennsylvania legislature this year passed a law denying voters their right to simply show up at the polls and cast their votes, secure in their own anonymity and freedom from coercion before or after their ballots were cast.
  • (9) There are plenty more exclamation marks where those came from.
  • (10) He could recognize Arabic music and instruments but not words of songs; a radio broadcast from the Koran, but not the individual words; a male as opposed to female voice; Arabic and non-Arabic languages; and whether sentences were questions, exclamations, or imperatives.
  • (11) The prime diagnostic feature of acute alopecia areata is the presence of exclamation mark hairs.
  • (12) The only exclamation the producers want from you is "Wow!"
  • (13) So they commissioned a logo to promote the area, hiring a designer who offered a stylised exclamation mark (their official slogan, “Kumamoto Surprise”, was a bright spin on the fact that many Japanese would be surprised to find anything in Kumamoto worth seeing).
  • (14) Sunday's NFL conference championships could tell us more than just who will be playing in Super Bowl XLVIII: they may provide exclamation points on that sexiest of matchups in the sport, the quarterback rivalry.
  • (15) It bothers me but it's hard when you're one of them people who don't know where to stop sentences or put commas or exclamation marks.
  • (16) 'I was a weird child' Hall speaks in elongated Memphis vowels, using exclamation marks and Big Capital Letters for emphasis, often sounding like a cartoon version of herself.
  • (17) Things are moving forward, largely on track.” Nevertheless, as Trump enters his second month, there will be many praying for a steadier hand and fewer tweets ending with exclamation marks.
  • (18) Her demeanour - wide features, plain dress, a quickness to exclamation - has long been used to diminish her authority as one of Britain's most popular crime writers.
  • (19) (The most grim moment being his exclamation “I’ll love you till I make it pop”.)
  • (20) But when I saw the advert it occurred to me that it, and that supercilious exclamation mark in particular, could in fact give people an excuse to express their homophobia.

Hallelujah


Definition:

  • (n. & interj.) Praise ye Jehovah; praise ye the Lord; -- an exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of gratitude or adoration.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He described a personal hinterland of fishing, writing screenplays and listening to Handel's Hallelujah Chorus .
  • (2) The protesters, including a choir singing the Hallelujah chorus from Handel's Messiah, rejoiced at his departure.
  • (3) Not really, but there were lots of little hallelujah moments over the years.
  • (4) If I had to pick up one, I like Handel's Hallelujah Chorus.
  • (5) By the way, I spelled hallelujah right the first time - I checked (pats himself on the back).
  • (6) One woman was euphoric at the high court ruling, walking around the forecourt declaring: "God bless Australia, hallelujah … God is love; God is love."
  • (7) Their entrant Lordi, with Hard Rock Hallelujah , was all conquering amidst a sea of bland, pretty blond girls.
  • (8) One kid he's been working with is J-Star Valentine, who is supporting him on tour and who gained a modicum of notoriety for his rather baroque rendition of Hallelujah on week one of The X Factor this year.
  • (9) He listens to European classical music, and Handel's Hallelujah Chorus is his favourite.
  • (10) He is from the private sector, not a politician – can I get a ‘Hallelujah!’ Where, in the private sector, you actually have to balance budgets in order to prioritize, to keep the main thing, the main thing, and he knows the main thing: a president is to keep us safe economically and militarily.
  • (11) It expects to be the biggest seller of X Factor winner Alexandra Burke's Christmas single - a version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah - after undercutting the rest of the high street with a £3.19 price tag.
  • (12) Although a 1964 film captured something of the play's anarchic lunacy, with Eric Sykes constructing a model of the Old Bailey in his living room while a mute Jonathan Miller taught 100 speak-your-weight machines to sing the Hallelujah Chorus, the play was too theatrical for the cinema.
  • (13) Manuel Días, a 20-ish Tzotzil, is pumping out joyful hallelujahs on the electronic organ.
  • (14) Buckley shot to fame after recording a cover version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah , and received critical acclaim for his debut album, Grace , before he drowned, aged 30, in 1997.
  • (15) In the good old days we could have celebrated the first real warmth of spring but now (and this is where the hallelujahs fade away) we think of the damage being done to the polar ice caps.
  • (16) Hallelujah Lulie, a researcher at the Institute for Security Studies in Ethiopia, said: “There are many countries with no term limits, but we have to start by respecting the constitutions where term limits are clearly set.
  • (17) Not since Finnish rockers Lordi swept the board with "Hard Rock Hallelujah" had there been such a unanimous winner.
  • (18) And though the church’s leadership generally disapproves of any demonstrable triumphalism on these occasions, most people in the church will want to holler a pretty emphatic hallelujah.
  • (19) Now he’s come along and said: ‘All right – we don’t know what’s best; we’re going to find out what’s best.’” Eighty-three-year-old Ann Cross is also in holiday mode – sunnies and floppy hat – and singing hallelujahs to the new dawn.
  • (20) Meanwhile, newlyweds Chris and Leah O'Kane were surprised when their priest serenaded them with a rendition of Hallelujah.

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