Example Sentences

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He goes in for proclamatory melody, each note an event, when punched out by brass and lower string like hammering spikes in the ground.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

In the opening scene, he catches the startling violence of the Son’s bent-leg pirouettes and proclamatory jumps, and from there he ties drama and music tightly together in one unbroken thread.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2015