Declarations
[,deklə'reiʃənz]
Examples
- She was mortally afraid of being laughed at for surrendering, after her many and vehement declarations of independence. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- This is a painful task,' said he, 'but these declarations, which have been signed in London before many gentlemen, must be in substance repeated here. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- In the defensive declarations and pretended confessions of murderers, the pursuing shadow of this torture may be traced through every lie they tell. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Luke