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declaim

[dih-klaym] / dɪˈkleɪm /


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Still, Martin has her constantly running about, moving tables, jumping on those tables to declaim in court, shouting over music, fiddling with her clothing and juggling props.

From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2023

Brook loved to declaim that he had no answers, because there are no answers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2022

“The folding type of this cooling device became accepted in China during the Ming dynasty,” Mr. Trebek might declaim, as competitors raced to buzz in with the reply, “What is a fan?”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2020

You may use this page to declaim loudly, recite verse, or pursue areas of freewheeling, off topic discourse.

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2020

“Luna, my love, if you should feel any burgeoning talent today—perhaps an unexpected urge to sing opera or to declaim in Mermish—do not repress it! You may have been gifted by the Gernumblies!”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Losing the jury or the case is less important than showing yet again, that they are irrelevant constructs in a world in which he declaims his innocence and millions still believe him.

From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2024

“I’ve been painting up for 25 years,” the 50-year-old declaims, his voice building into a steady rumble.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2023

Holley merges preaching and singing, as he declaims “I believe that the deeper we go, the more chances there are for us to understand.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2023

Of her own content creation, another character declaims, defensively, “It’s creative nonfiction, which is a valid response in an attention economy.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2022

“Fellow Dominicans!” he declaims in a grainy voice.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

Because many colonists were illiterate, the Declaration was commonly declaimed by local officials in town squares and preachers in pulpits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

As Weaver's Prospero declaimed "Come forth, I say," Hayley sprang from her seat and rushed the stage with Richard Weir, a 60-year-old mechanical engineer from Tyneside.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025

“Oh Allah make it easy for them to reach there, and bless us with the death of a martyr,” he declaimed, his voice reverberating through the mosque’s loudspeakers.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

Like many, he once declaimed the rampant use of exclamation marks but later defended them, going so far as to make a case for the Interrobang.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2022

Threats to enlist that winter were always declaimed like Brinker’s, with a grinding of back teeth and a flashing of eyes; I had already heard plenty of them.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

But Mr. Sorkin has never been mature and nuanced before, and he’s not about to start; self-righteous declaiming is what suits him, now as ever.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

In a totalitarian sci-fi world, a hammer thrown by a young athlete smashes a "Big Brother" figure declaiming to brainwashed citizens from a vast screen.

From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026

We passed multiple radar speed signs, declaiming mph numbers, beseeching drivers to slow down.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025

Yet, as Izzard darts around the stage, from role to role, hopscotching in and out of the audience declaiming speeches, what becomes clear is this frenetic staging is earnest, surprisingly traditional and deadly serious.

From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2024

The hybrid keening-singing- declaiming style Stravinsky adopted was like no sound ever before heard in a concert hall or theatre.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall


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