Example Sentences

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When she revealed that she’d had weight-loss surgery, he proclaimed that her comments were “not politically correct.”

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

On social-media platforms like X, some investors have loudly proclaimed that after years of serving as the dominant cryptocurrency, bitcoin might finally be lurching toward irrelevance.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

I requested a checklist that looked like a mess even after Gemini proudly proclaimed, “OK, I’ve taken care of that for you.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

“As soon as we start putting our thought into words and sentences,” Duchamp proclaimed, “everything goes wrong.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

In Europe, every "favorable cave” showed evidence "of some ancient man,” Hrdlicka proclaimed in March 1928.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann