Meanings of exclamatory phrases in English

There were short, exclamatory phrases, and hoof-strokes upon the prairie turf.

These exclamatory phrases caused me to raise my eyes.

I was particularly struck by the way in which it was punctuated by such exclamatory phrases as "Lawd a mussy!"

Meanwhile, Wilder advances to meet them; as he comes on, keeping up a fire of exclamatory phrases, addressed to Hamersley, who is close behind.

She sat in silence; but several times broke forth into strange, unintelligible, exclamatory phrases, in which the words "Indios" and "barbaros" repeatedly occurred.