Proclaiming
[prə'kleimɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proclaim
Checker: Sabina
Examples
- A portion of the press of the North was constantly proclaiming similar views. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He galloped from one command to another proclaiming the near proximity of Santa Anna with an army vastly superior to his own. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In a few moments she stalked in again, proclaiming in her heraldic manner, 'Mr Rokesmith is the bearer of a packet for Miss Bella Wilfer. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A man who was always proclaiming, through that brassy speaking-trumpet of a voice of his, his old ignorance and his old poverty. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He is desirous of proclaiming that the interval between them is immeasurable, and invents a formula to give expression to his idea. Plato. The Republic.
- To enumerate all the inventions of the century would be like calling up a vast army of men and proclaiming the name of each. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He was not, he declared, proclaiming anything new. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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