proclaim
verb (used with object)
to announce or declare in an official or formal manner.
proclaimed
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past participleof proclaim.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof proclaim.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
proclaimverb (used with object)to announce or declare in an official or formal manner.
Example Sentences
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A famous 1979 Business Week cover story proclaimed “The Death of Equities,” for example.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
The protest organising committee, which calls itself SADAR, meaning "aware" in Bahasa Indonesia, said the action was meant to mark a "revolution that is being proclaimed".
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
It began to unfold decades ago, well before Francis Fukuyama proclaimed the “end of history.”
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
"The kids are not learning their math facts because they're becoming calculator hooked," he proclaimed.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
What has been assembled, he proclaimed, “is by far the greatest collection of Islamic glass in the world.”
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
