Example Sentences

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“You should be screaming out and ringing/like the alarm that you ignore,” Franklin L. Fisher declaims in “Irreversible Damage” on “Shook,” the explosive fourth album by his band, Algiers.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2023

“I’ve been painting up for 25 years,” the 50-year-old declaims, his voice building into a steady rumble.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2023

“I don’t need anyone,” Paolo declaims, in one of several lines destined to find their way to a midnight quote-along screening of the film.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2021

Plus, the critic in me is hard-pressed to resist a movie in which a character declaims whole paragraphs of Pauline Kael without explanation.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2020

“Fellow Dominicans!” he declaims in a grainy voice.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez