1
as in to speak
to give a formal often extended talk on a subject
over the last two centuries some of the most illustrious personages of their times have declaimed in the town's historic lyceum
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as in to harangue
to talk as if giving an important and formal speech
he declaimed at some length about the nation's obligation to spread democratic values around the world
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Recent Examples of declaim
More often, though, Tallent demonstrates his characters’ precarity rather than declaiming about it.
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Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
But expect more than a few awards pundits to declaim that the Academy, finally, has no other choice but to present Park Chan-wook with his first Oscar nomination.
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Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
Does Joyce’s fellow drama kid Alan (Eric Wiegand) hoist a skull aloft and declaim some Shakespeare in a bad English accent?
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Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2025
The Koreans have a lesson to share with those whose intellectuals, driven by identity and the metaphysics of difference, declaim ownership of the Enlightenment and its legacy.
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George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
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Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
But expect more than a few awards pundits to declaim that the Academy, finally, has no other choice but to present Park Chan-wook with his first Oscar nomination.
—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
Does Joyce’s fellow drama kid Alan (Eric Wiegand) hoist a skull aloft and declaim some Shakespeare in a bad English accent?
—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2025
The Koreans have a lesson to share with those whose intellectuals, driven by identity and the metaphysics of difference, declaim ownership of the Enlightenment and its legacy.
—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
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While Blutinger was speaking, history professor Jonathan Roth attempted to take video of the protesters in the hallway and got into a physical altercation with a female student who tried to block him from doing so.
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The two spoke during a roundtable meeting in Thornton hosted by the America First Policy Institute.
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Benatia got a three-month suspension for haranguing a fourth official.
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While American pundits wrote haranguing op-eds warning that the breaking of diplomatic precedent would prompt China to escalate war, ordinary people in Taiwan celebrated.
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Some commentators in the United States have taken the opportunity to lecture Europeans, and perhaps even indulge in a little schadenfreude.
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The work, then, is not to lecture communities into trusting us.
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This lucidity not only makes his work readable but also staves off the perception that discourse about UFOs and the CIA must be riddled with conspiratorial paranoia.
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From the whitewashing controversy to the toxic love to the daring costumes, the discourse is going to be discoursing.
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Before assuming the new borrowing limits apply to you, talk with your financial aid office.
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Above, her mother’s brother, Abdullahi Mohamed, cradled a cup of tea in his hands and talked to her parents about their Central Avenue community, the news of the day and the global events that dominated the early 2000s.
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“Declaim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/declaim. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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