[
UK
/dɪklˈeɪm/
]
[ US /dɪˈkɫeɪm/ ]
[ US /dɪˈkɫeɪm/ ]
VERB
-
speak against in an impassioned manner
he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society - recite in elocution
How To Use declaim In A Sentence
- These lines make far more sense when declaimed than when simply read out.
- he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society
- Why should it be when all you ever heard was some old fogey in a dusty gown declaiming Cicero or Beowulf? CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD
- Only Thor's evil brother, Loki Tom Hiddleston, gets to declaim any flavorsome lines. 'Thor': A Vehicle of Low Norsepower
- `Television is a strange place in which to seek truth, still less declaim it. THE PRESIDENT'S CHILD
- It is not sung, but only declaimed, and the music is like an obbligato recitative.
- Speeches declaimed from the front of the stage explore theories about what is real and when an illusion becomes reality.
- The bassline thumps and voices declaim, growl or howl. Times, Sunday Times
- No handwringing, no declaiming the end of Western civilization due to loose-moraled hipsters and free agent nation types swapping spit and job leads on the Internet.
- `The Lord Bunting of Cheam," declaimed emcee Fotheringhay. THE FIVE MILLION DOLLAR PRINCE