Example Sentences

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When virtually every CEO of every company of any size is proclaiming a need to “transform.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Even with those numbers, you might wonder why Reagan had the nerve to campaign on a message proclaiming it was “Morning in America.”

From Salon • May 7, 2026

And on X, Bluesky, TikTok and elsewhere, the comment sections are awash in accounts proclaiming the shooting a fake.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2026

His father’s paintings were on the walls, as were Boris’ Yiddish theater posters, one proclaiming “King Lear,” translated and improved.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

He noticed that the houses had started to gain pillars out front, that even the shabbiest, thinnest house now had its white pillars, proclaiming it, in someone’s eyes, a mansion.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman