Example Sentences

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“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

Of her own content creation, another character declaims, defensively, “It’s creative nonfiction, which is a valid response in an attention economy.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2022

One of the year’s signature rap stylists, Remble declaims like he’s giving a physics lecture, all punching-bag emphasis and tricky internal rhymes.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 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