`I won!' he exclaimed. `Help!' she cried. `I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost.
source: WordNet 3.0
state or announce
`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed. The King will proclaim an amnesty.
source: WordNet 3.0
To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against oppression with wonder or astonishment; "The field is won!" he exclaimed.