Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for annunciate. Search instead for annunciators.
Definitions

annunciate

[uh-nuhn-see-eyt] / əˈnʌn siˌeɪt /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

This purification of pregnancy has seen maternity fashions exploit the full potential of spandex, belts, and bows to annunciate rather than conceal the baby bump.

From Slate Jul. 21, 2025

“You were my mentor, you guided me, told me to annunciate, attack the microphone… These are things I still hear in my mind when I’m broadcasting.”

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2023

The Virgin annunciate, usually overshadowed by the altarpiece’s more colorful panels, appears here as a stand-alone masterpiece.

From New York Times Feb. 27, 2020

“It’s my apology if I didn’t annunciate the word ‘or,’” Hovis said.

From Washington Times May 17, 2019

They do not so properly affirm, as annunciate it.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Lamb, Charles

And when asked for his thoughts on Yamamoto’s performance postgame, Roberts annunciated his one-word answer.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2024

On Feb. 22, the system annunciated an avoidance maneuver when two regional jets came too close together at Burbank, California, airport.

From Seattle Times Apr. 19, 2023

It has backed away from its previous posture, as annunciated by Secretary of State John Kerry in congressional testimony last December, that it didn’t want an explicit ban on ground combat troops.

From Salon Feb. 11, 2015

A sudden, thickly annunciated “boo” breaks the pall and spreads around the auditorium; the marquise’s countenance hardens.

From Slate Apr. 5, 2013

When I have stated my case in full it is for you to disprove both the theory and practice annunciated.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various

When he glances at angels, they are so powerful that the piano turns into annunciating trombones and all particles in the atmosphere violently tremble.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 23, 2020

It paves the way for his accomplice, Taylor Swift, to arrive like some dirty annunciating angel on a sliver of moon.

From New York Times Dec. 22, 2019

“If you look at the Middle East, I don’t think that this policy has been very good and Secretary Clinton, quite frankly, was a part of annunciating this strategy,” Webb said in that August interview.

From US News Dec. 30, 2014

Though I would esteem you as I would some annunciating angel, beyond impeachment of veracity, and bent on a generous errand, you seem as a fallen spirit now; tempting me, not enlightening.

From The Advocate by Heavysege, Charles




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training