declared

The agency declared that broadcasters couldn’t suppress or distort “basic factual information upon which any truly fair and free discussion of public issues must necessarily depend.”

“The question is impossible,” she declared from her upside-down position.

“I will read my book,” Cassiopeia stubbornly declared.

“Birds of Ashton Place That Live Outdoors,” Alexander declared, rummaging about for his shoes.

“Of course it was the children!” the lady declared.