pronounce
verb (used with object)
to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
had pronounced
-
past perfectof pronounce.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Among the group who were most alert in the morning, 22.2% had pronounced artery calcification -- the lowest proportion of all five chronotypes.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023
Academy members are so delighted by that film’s genial Mexican auteur that they even squeezed his dark, expensive noir “Nightmare Alley” into last year’s best-picture race after most pundits had pronounced it dead.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
She also battled the release of inmates from California jails the Supreme Court had pronounced overcrowded.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2017
“He definitely had pronounced hatred against America,” Libot said, recalling the soldier’s words: “You messed up this country. You’re helping the rebels.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2016
Malfoy was already packing up, sour-faced; Slughorn had pronounced his Hiccuping Solution merely “passable.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
