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Example Sentences

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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

“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