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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Because many colonists were illiterate, the Declaration was commonly declaimed by local officials in town squares and preachers in pulpits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 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
On opening night, Hinrichs, filling in for his absent star, clutched the script in his hand as he declaimed the epicurean monarch’s lofty verse.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
Isaac declaimed a prayer of his own devising.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
