How to Use declaration in a Sentence

declaration

noun
  • You will need to make a declaration of your income.
  • The case was ended by declaration of a mistrial.
  • The government has made a declaration of war on its enemies.
  • The declaration of a ‘riot’ was an abuse of the statute.
    oregonlive, 1 July 2020
  • The measure would not carry the weight of law but would be a declaration by the city.
    Phillip M. Bailey, The Courier-Journal, 7 May 2018
  • The declaration will give the city access to more funding.
    Helena Wegner, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2020
  • The echos of moaning can be heard soon after the declaration.
    Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 20 Jan. 2020
  • This is a declaration of war against the whole of Europe.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Such a declaration would be the start of open war with Russia.
    The Editors, National Review, 10 Mar. 2022
  • But even that bold declaration sells the show, and her talents, short.
    Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 July 2019
  • Guests will have to make a health declaration when reserving a day to come.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2020
  • White could have chalked up his declaration to the euphoria of the moment.
    Andy Staples, SI.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • To them, hotness is a self-declaration, and that’s that.
    New York Times, 16 July 2022
  • The tool also will guide you through filling out a declaration form.
    Amelia Pak-Harvey, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Apr. 2021
  • For Chavez, the legacy of this declaration of war is very much alive.
    Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2021
  • And if that doesn't work, the state of emergency declaration will help.
    The Washington Post, AL.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • That said, the industry is split on where this declaration will take us.
    Lance Lambert, Fortune, 4 July 2022
  • But the military drills were not mentioned in the joint declaration.
    Thomas Maresca, USA TODAY, 13 June 2018
  • Buffy’s declaration at the end of her final song punched us all pretty hard.
    Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
  • This declaration would then have to be ratified by a two-thirds vote of all the diocesan bishops in the world.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Jekesai was a declaration of their hopes that light would come.
    Danai Gurira, Glamour, 13 Feb. 2018
  • But that declaration depends on what the moon truly has to offer.
    Leonard David, Scientific American, 24 June 2020
  • It’s a phrase that glosses all manners of sins, a blanket declaration that things work out in the end.
    Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 15 Nov. 2020
  • Travellers also must fill in a self-declaration form at the airport.
    Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Two more pages of photos and the summit declaration on page 4.
    Margaret Hartmann, Daily Intelligencer, 13 June 2018
  • This year’s message depicted her being freed from a block of ice to make the declaration.
    David Bauder, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
  • And the story, too, has been told not only in declarations, but in questions.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 25 May 2018
  • The covenant is a full document, something more like a declaration.
    USA Today, 26 June 2023
  • North Korea is calling for the peace declaration to come first.
    Fox News, 18 Sep. 2018
  • But what’s the deal with Avery’s abrupt, teary declaration of love at first sight?
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2021

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