declaim
verb (used without object)
to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech.
declaimed
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past participleof declaim.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof declaim.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
declaimverb (used without object)to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech.
Example Sentences
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“We have yet had no genius in America, with tyrannous eye, which knew the value of our incomparable materials,” Emerson declaimed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
As Weaver's Prospero declaimed "Come forth, I say," Hayley sprang from her seat and rushed the stage with Richard Weir, a 60-year-old mechanical engineer from Tyneside.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025
“Oh Allah make it easy for them to reach there, and bless us with the death of a martyr,” he declaimed, his voice reverberating through the mosque’s loudspeakers.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
Like many, he once declaimed the rampant use of exclamation marks but later defended them, going so far as to make a case for the Interrobang.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2022
After some icy staring about to detect the culprit, and several smothered sniggers from around the room, the little fat friar puffed himself up once more and declaimed firmly: “Grayling à la Redwall.”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
