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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2022

Chaplin and her other co-star, Kika Markham, frequently declaim portions of the play’s text in its original English language.

From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2021

“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

‘He drew himself up then and began to declaim, as if he were making a speech long rehearsed. “

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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

“I don’t need anyone,” Paolo declaims, in one of several lines destined to find their way to a midnight quote-along screening of the film.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2021

In the National Theater at Home recording I streamed on my laptop, Bottom perches on the edge of a confetti-strewn bed, clutches a pillow in his lap and declaims his muddled thoughts.

From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2020

“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

Her report — expected any day now — is hanging over Johnson in a manner that the prime minister, who enjoys declaiming in classical Greek, might liken to a sword of Damocles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2022

But whenever you hear bad poets declaiming their bad poetry, filled with foolish similes and ugly rhymes, you will know which of the meads they have tasted.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman