ADJ.
general, lazy, major
VERB + EXCLAIMING
stopped
PREP.
about, after
adj
Uttering an exclamation.
noun
exclamation
The singular half hour under the trees by the pool, spent, after the first hysteric moments were over, in vague exclaimings and questions […]
noun — an abrupt excited utterance
After exclaiming about how lazy I was, my mother hit me.
In the doorway they passed a stout little man with stubby white moustaches, and the General stopped, exclaiming, “Hello, Major!”