diff --git a/approval.go b/approval.go
index f67f74d..6bb777e 100644
--- a/approval.go
+++ b/approval.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func approversIndex(approvers []string, name string) int {
 
 func isApproved(commentBody string) (bool, error) {
 	for _, approvedWord := range approvedWords {
-		matched, err := regexp.MatchString(fmt.Sprintf("(?i)^%s[.!]?$", approvedWord), commentBody)
+		matched, err := regexp.MatchString(fmt.Sprintf("(?i)^%s[.!]*\n*$", approvedWord), commentBody)
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}
diff --git a/approval_test.go b/approval_test.go
index c4114ac..5d7f219 100644
--- a/approval_test.go
+++ b/approval_test.go
@@ -215,6 +215,11 @@ func TestApprovedCommentBody(t *testing.T) {
 			commentBody: "Approved!",
 			isSuccess:   true,
 		},
+		{
+			name:        "approved_titlecase_multi_exclamation",
+			commentBody: "Approved!!",
+			isSuccess:   true,
+		},
 		{
 			name:        "approved_titlecase_question",
 			commentBody: "Approved?",
@@ -230,6 +235,21 @@ func TestApprovedCommentBody(t *testing.T) {
 			commentBody: "this is just some random comment",
 			isSuccess:   false,
 		},
+		{
+			name:        "approved_with_newline",
+			commentBody: "approved\n",
+			isSuccess:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "approved_with_exclamation_newline",
+			commentBody: "approved!\n",
+			isSuccess:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "approved_with_multi_exclamation_multi_newline",
+			commentBody: "approved!!!\n\n\n",
+			isSuccess:   true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, testCase := range testCases {