Declares
[di'klɛəz]
Examples
- Mamma often declares the likeness is quite ridiculous. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This man declares that he was not absent from his post for an instant, and he is positive that neither boy nor man could have gone that way unseen. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- But we have already seen how it entails extinction; and how largely extinction has acted in the world's history, geology plainly declares. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The professor declares that he heard the distant cry, but that he knows nothing more. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She declares she passed the night in London at a certain house. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She always declares she will never marry, which, of course, means just nothing at all. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It is uncertain if his wife was much older, though tradition declares she was forty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In short, she declares she apprehends a convulsion fit. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Oh, Sophia hates his lordship, if possible, more than ever, and declares she will not go to Brighton unless you decide to accompany Worcester there. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- His expensiveness is acknowledged even by himself, and his whole conduct declares that self-denial is a word hardly understood by him. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Lizzy declares she will not have Mr. Collins, and Mr. Collins begins to say that he will not have Lizzy. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He acknowledges that it is his, and declares that he had lost it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Gordini says you carried several people on your back but the medical major at the first post declares it is impossible. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Next day, in public speech of ceremony, her Majesty declares herself 'delighted with Thursday. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He declares he won't. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The testimony of the inhabitants also declares, that Shore Lane, after midnight, is one of the quietest and loneliest streets in London. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- So far from it, he declares at the end of a full account of what has preceded his arrival there, I had very little idea of making myself known. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He declares that his mighty immaculate pigmies, Gogs or Magogs, the Miss New Times's, or the Misses New Times, shall not read one line of my book! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The best detective officer in England declares that I have stolen my own Diamond. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Harry De Roos declares Sophia to be most ridiculously jealous of her sister Charlotte's beauty. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He declares that he never heard of the Moonstone; and his bankers' receipt acknowledges nothing but the deposit of a valuable of great price. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- For if a nation declares it has reached its majority by instituting self-government, then it cannot shirk responsibility. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He has paid nearly a thousand pounds for me, and declares he can do no more, replied Julia. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He also declares that if his life were to be twice as long he would have no time to read the lyric poets. Plato. The Republic.
- We shall never make a scholar of him, and he declares that he will not be a sailor. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Hermione declares she is an artiSt.' Gerald spoke in the usual animated, chatty manner, as if nothing unusual had passed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But Mr. Jobling declares with much earnestness that he can't stand it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Miss Verinder solemnly declares, that she has never spoken a word in private to Rosanna, since that unhappy woman first entered my house. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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