Example Sentences

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Of those still in captivity, Israel has pronounced 43 dead, saying their remains are being held by militants.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024

History has pronounced his death at 33 a suicide, but no one actually knows.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2023

The Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who had been furiously criticising Russia's defence ministry for weeks, has pronounced himself "100% happy".

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2022

The issue of candidates’ health has pronounced significance this year given that three of the top-tier Democratic contenders are, along with President Trump, septuagenarians.

From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2020

"Adolf Hitler has pronounced the raging fire a Communist plot," cries the newscaster.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti