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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declaim.

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Examples

  • "Fools are not entitled to know the mystery which the wise are supposed to possess …," he declaims.

    Bombshells and Boxers Steve Dollar 2011

  • "Fools are not entitled to know the mystery which the wise are supposed to possess …," he declaims.

    Bombshells and Boxers Steve Dollar 2011

  • As the forceful Miss Volker declaims: "Every living soul is a book of their own history, which sits on the ever-growing shelf in the library of human memory."

    Struck By Myriad Delights Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011

  • Your presence is worth more than all the treasures on earth, declaims one of his proud beggars.

    Tales of Jaunty Anarchy on the Nile Sam Sacks 2011

  • "Here's Lily Fuck-Me-Silly," Van Durme declaims of one elderly figure.

    Gardenia – review 2011

  • The toilets are precious few, with excruciatingly long queues, and when Henthorn comes back, he declaims, "Whoever planned this thing was no logistician."

    Tea Party road trip: What the movement wants -- and why Bill Donahue 2010

  • Williams also produced a creamy tone on her softly sung phrases, some ravishingly floated high notes and an arresting chest voice that paid dividends in the spoken excerpts of classical plays that Adriana declaims at several points in the opera.

    Review: Washington Concert Opera's 'Adriana Lecouvreur' at Lisner Auditorium Joe Banno 2010

  • One of his three personae is his own murdered father: As the ghost he wears the elder Hamlet's military greatcoat, and declaims the poetry in a distinctly different, booming voice.

    Multiple Personalities at Play Paul Levy 2011

  • This piece adds a single Chinese-opera singer; and for all that she sings beautifully only twice, and declaims the rest of the time, making the noise of a particularly unhappy cat, it is a convincing meld of East and West, and a ravishing spectacle few in the audience will forget.

    Eastern Arts Come to 'Far West' Paul Levy 2011

  • "Here's Lily Fuck-Me-Silly," Van Durme declaims of one elderly figure.

    Gardenia – review 2011

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