How to Use proclamation in a Sentence

proclamation

noun
  • The President issued a proclamation which freed the slaves.
  • Some of the best proclamations of love come about in the most casual of settings.
    Sandra Gonzalez, EW.com, 24 Sep. 2024
  • In his proclamation, the governor said more than 5,800 residents were forced to evacuate due to the blaze.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 5 Sep. 2022
  • But the matter still remains about the arising ethical questions of whether making such a proclamation is appropriate.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Beshear’s proclamation allows new per-student funding rules for both Western and Eastern Kentucky districts.
    Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Jesus Christ, not the Church, must be the center of the Catholic proclamation.
    George Weigel, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The proclamation lays the blame for the problem squarely at the feet of lawmakers.
    Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 4 June 2024
  • On the first day of spring training, Sixto Sanchez made a proclamation.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2024
  • In the video, the proclamation sets off a flurry of activity from the crowd.
    Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Afterward, from a balcony at the palace, the proclamation will be read to the public.
    Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2022
  • The other side of the sign, visible to those in the city center, hints at why the first proclamation is so urgent.
    Valerie Hopkins Emile Ducke, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Listen to each proclamation of mirth and melancholy, love and hate.
    Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
  • For the first time, the entire event will be televised, making this the first public reading of the proclamation.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Sep. 2022
  • After the proclamation and a short speech by King Frederik, he was joined by his wife and their four children on the balcony to wave to the crowds.
    Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024
  • There will be a proclamation, a balcony scene, a king’s speech and a procession.
    Karla Adam, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The proclamation was read out in the medieval City of London and at other locations across the U.K.
    Jill Lawless, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Instead, a proclamation of the new reign will be made at Christiansborg Palace on Jan. 14.
    Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
  • There were prayers, parades, singing, and public readings of the proclamation.
    Jessica B. Harris, Southern Living, 13 May 2024
  • The proclamation came amid her announcement of a new state program to pay for two cameras in each of the city’s more than 6,400 subway cars.
    WIRED, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The governors made the direction in accordance with a proclamation from the White House.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2023
  • At the time Lincoln signed the proclamation, more than 4 million Black men and women were living in slavery.
    Arkansas Online, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Monday’s meeting was tense even before the cease-fire proclamation was called up.
    Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The westernmost Confederate state of Texas was the last to announce the proclamation.
    Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 18 June 2023
  • The proclamation will be signed and made official on Monday, Sept. 19.
    Joanne Rosa, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The state senate issued a proclamation more than a decade ago declaring this town the Christmas Capital of Texas.
    Jennifer Chappell Smith, Southern Living, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The City of Pittsburgh also honored the hockey legend with a proclamation.
    Patrick Damp, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2024
  • To finish the set dressing, one of the turkey's was hoisted on to a table for the official pardon proclamation.
    Molly Nagle, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Peter hears about Lincoln’s proclamation that all slaves must be freed, but his owner has no plans of doing so.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The proclamation, and his lawyer’s comments, hint at a possible defense.
    Kitty Bennett, New York Times, 13 May 2024
  • The brothers consider the memo a smoking gun and are urging President Joe Biden to issue a formal proclamation saying she was wrongly convicted and executed.
    Eric Tucker, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2024

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