How to Use proclaim in a Sentence

proclaim

verb
  • He proclaimed his love for her in a poem.
  • The magazine proclaimed him to be the best player in baseball.
  • She proclaimed that she will run for governor.
  • He took command of the government and proclaimed himself emperor.
  • The President proclaimed a national day of mourning.
  • His behavior proclaimed his good upbringing.
  • But the moral high road is earned, not self-proclaimed.
    — Gentry Estes, The Courier-Journal, 4 June 2018
  • Twice in recent months, when the check came, one of the guests has proclaimed that the group would treat the host.
    — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Her cries proclaimed that what had been done to her had been done to all of us.
    — Rachel Dlugatch, Longreads, 18 July 2023
  • Nona Willis Aronowitz doesn’t proclaim to have all of the answers.
    — Morgan Jerkins, ELLE, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The death of movies has been proclaimed for almost as long as movies have been around.
    — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Britishness was easy to proclaim—the Union Jacks, the red post boxes.
    — Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker, 29 June 2020
  • Trump moved the goal posts to proclaim his own victory — and gave one to Kim.
    — Mira Rapp-Hooper, Washington Post, 12 June 2018
  • Surround her with prayer and proclaim the promises of Psalm 91 over her.
    — Devon Link, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Leave it to the humble honey bee to proclaim that spring is just around the corner.
    — Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 27 Feb. 2022
  • When this sprawling estate bowed in 1924, it was proclaimed the Eighth Wonder of the World.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Nolan proclaimed, causing the audience to explode and Downey to kick his feet in the air.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The city has also been proclaimed the roundabout capital of the U.S.
    — Natalia E. Contreras, Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2019
  • Sing to the Lord, all the earth; proclaim his salvation day after day.
    — Blair Donovan, Country Living, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Lincoln couldn’t proclaim slavery abolished in the states that hadn’t left the Union.
    — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 20 June 2025
  • Though proclaimed historic by the city, the house has not been preserved in any fashion.
    — Richard Ruelas, azcentral, 8 Jan. 2020
  • And Brand will preen and prance and shake his bells, proclaiming the void within him, which is the void within us all.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 June 2018
  • Jesus may proclaim that the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2022
  • In 1961, John F. Kennedy proclaimed that America would land an astronaut on the moon…by the end of the decade.
    — Carmine Gallo, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
  • By the end of the episode, the press is gathered outside Dwight’s hotel, and a headline proclaims that the Mob has come to Tulsa.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 15 Sep. 2024
  • As for whether these Games, which will be his fifth, will also be his last, White isn’t ready to proclaim that just yet.
    — Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Nope, there was no flag to plant or victory to proclaim.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 5 Nov. 2019
  • The Rams’ 54-51 victory was proclaimed as where the NFL was headed.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 1 Feb. 2020
  • Over the last month or so, Gov. Gavin Newsom has proclaimed a state of emergency in 43 of the state’s 58 counties.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
  • After 15 years of annually proclaiming Big Red back, this is the year.
    — Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 20 June 2025

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