DECLARING in a Sentence

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1. The UN declared it a safe area.
2. One country declared war on another.
3. The new emperor declared a total amnesty.
4. It was the year Britain declared war on Germany.
5. The company was declared bankrupt in the High Court.

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 Meanings and Examples of DECLARING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
declare
 v.  state clearly; make known formally or officially
declared
 a.  openly or formally asserted or announced;
declaration
 n.  announcement; explicit statement; formal public statement
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She ate well, declaring that the mild weather made her feel better, and pressed a second helping of beans on Jotham Powell, whose wants she generally ignored.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
2  In three weeks she was up, declaring she had to see to the mills.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
3  She was crying and somehow, Melanie was in her arms, crying too, but declaring between sobs that she meant every word she said.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
4  Fern saw him fumbling among the overcoats piled on the feedbox at the far end of the barn; soon after she heard a farmer declaring that some one had stolen his bottle.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
5  Some of the great dailies and weeklies have swung into line declaring that lynch law must go.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Context  Highlight   In VI
6  He insisted upon it, declaring beforehand that he was willing to make any sacrifice the other wished.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome.
7  The latter, faithful to the principle of Horace, nil admirari, had contented himself with showing his knowledge by declaring in what lake the best lampreys were caught.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 64. The Beggar.
8  The dying man had signed a deposition declaring Benedetto to be the assassin.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 84. Beauchamp.
9  But he did, oh bless you, yes, hundreds of times, and so did Meg, both declaring that it was the sweetest jelly they ever made, for family peace was preserved in that little family jar.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
10  I said nothing: I was afraid of occasioning some shock by declaring my identity.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
11  I must not, however, neglect the duties of my station, or refrain from declaring my amazement at hearing that you received the young couple into your house as soon as they were married.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 57
12  They could not get through; and as Miss Bertram's inclination for so doing did by no means lessen, it ended in Mr. Rushworth's declaring outright that he would go and fetch the key.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
13  Charles, in the meanwhile, was very decidedly declaring his resolution of calling on his aunt, now that he was so near; and very evidently, though more fearfully, trying to induce his wife to go too.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
14  Yet he had taken the obvious risk of discovery in declaring that it was not so.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
15  The dressmaker came to explain, declaring that it would be better as she had done it, and Anna was so furious that she felt ashamed when she thought of it afterwards.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 33
Example Sentence: (79 in 6 pages)
16  Tis the voice of the Lobster; I heard him declare; You have baked me too brown, I must sugar my hair.
17  Unless you find the evidence against my client absolutely incontrovertible, you must declare her not guilty of this charge.
18  It was political theatre: epic for some, farce for others and tragic for many more; the Catalan parliament voted today, October 27th, to declare independence and constitute Catalonia as a republic.
19  It's a laudable goal, of course, and why wouldn't we want someone with Zuckerberg's influence and resources to declare it a priority?
20  The data, which covers applications from within the UK by people who declare their ethnicity, shows that 329 out of 586 white applicants were given an offer of a place, versus 190 of 412 applicants from ethnic minorities.
21  The town was declared a disaster area after the floods.
22  When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of,he always declared that it is his duty.
23  One country declared war on another.
24  The UN declared it a safe area.
25  The country had been declared ineligible for World Bank lending.
26  The new emperor declared a total amnesty.
27  It was the year Britain declared war on Germany.
28  The war between the two countries has been declared on.
29  He was declared persona non grata and forced to leave the country.
30  The company was declared bankrupt in the High Court.