[ UK /dɪklˈe‍ɪm/ ]
[ US /dɪˈkɫeɪm/ ]
VERB
  1. speak against in an impassioned manner
    he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society
  2. recite in elocution
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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
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