Proclaim

Examples

• I can't send a bellman about, to cry aloud and proclaim in the streets what you are pleased to call my heroism. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Whether he could rush to the next assizes, and proclaim himself a lawyer? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It could lynch one as a moral monster, when as a matter of fact his ideals were commonplace; it could proclaim one a great benefactor when in truth he was a rather dull old gentleman. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• And yet its arches, its columns, and its statues proclaim it to have been built by an enlightened race. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But do not mourn, my dear girl; I will every where proclaim your innocence, and force belief. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I will proclaim this murder. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She did not tell me what you suspect--she is not the person to proclaim such things; but yet I inferred something from parts of her discourse. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The heralds then proclaimed silence until the laws of the tourney should be rehearsed. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The cries of the gorilla proclaimed that it was in mortal combat with some other denizen of the fierce wood. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The priest proclaimed his dream, and forthwith Venice set about procuring the corpse of St. Mark. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He proclaimed the marriage in the high places of the city and rejoiced that dishonor had departed from his house. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He proclaimed to the Italians that the French were coming to break their chains--_and they were_! H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A charter of incorporation was granted in July, 1662; and, later, Charles II proclaimed himself founder and patron of the Royal Society for the advancement of natural science. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• 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.
• Mr Lammle, striking in here, proclaims aloud that there is a sequel to the story of the man from somewhere. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Your hat-stand proclaims as much. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• And for Arnold this is vital, seeing that the watchword ) of the culture he proclaims is Know Thyself. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• From Spain the voice of a trumpet has sounded long; it now waxes louder and louder; it proclaims Salamanca won. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Their creation myth proclaims: Merodach next arranged the stars in order, along with the sun and moon, and gave them laws which they were never to transgress. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.

Editor: Marilyn