declaim
verb (used without object)
to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech.
declaims
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present tense formof declaim (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
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
“It shouldn’t be easy/But it shouldn’t be hard/You shouldn’t be a stranger in your own backyard,” he declaims on “Shouldn’t Matter but It Does.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 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
