How to Use proclamation in a Sentence

proclamation

noun
  • The President issued a proclamation which freed the slaves.
  • On the first day of spring training, Sixto Sanchez made a proclamation.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • There will be a proclamation, a balcony scene, a king’s speech and a procession.
    Karla Adam, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Instead, a proclamation of the new reign will be made at Christiansborg Palace on Jan. 14.
    Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
  • 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 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
  • Sunday's proclamation will mark the official change of reign — and King Frederik and Queen Mary will not be crowned in a coronation service.
    Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 14 Jan. 2024
  • On the other hand, losing both and losing badly will test the confidence and bold proclamations that have come from Sanders before the season.
    Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
  • As a result, many analysts have made a bold proclamation in recent months.
    Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The official proclamation was studded with Bruce Springsteen lore and a fair number of Springsteen puns.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 15 Apr. 2023
  • After initially reporting on the ISIS proclamation, the regime changed its tune.
    Susanna Hoffman, National Review, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Adams and Whitehead had attended, and Adams had given a copy of an official proclamation about Miller to Whitehead.
    Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2023
  • At the time, Melody pointed out that this proclamation was likely to sabotage uptake of the new bivalent boosters.
    Heather Souvaine Horn, The New Republic, 16 Dec. 2022
  • While passing a property tax cut is the sole piece of Abbott’s agenda, his proclamation for the session is slightly broader.
    Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 27 June 2023
  • However, the law also gives the governor the authority to push back the date via a proclamation issued no later than 180 days before the new date.
    Dan Nowicki, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 2023
  • Johnson thought this proclamation would help bring attention to the growing rate of heart disease in America.
    Heather Gann | Hgann@al.com, al, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Presidents have issued a total of 40 proclamations invoking the law, some of those done multiple times for the same crisis, Nunn said.
    Gary Fields, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Jennie Rogerson, global head of people at the design platform Canva, made a bold proclamation this month.
    Amber Burton, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The city's mayor issued a local proclamation of emergency last week.
    Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Her proclamation was met with an uproar of applause and a standing ovation from stars including Anitta and Taylor Swift.
    Charna Flam, Variety, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Everyone does all these proclamations, and the city does the proclamation every year declaring Stand Together Week.
    oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
  • My reading is that the proclamation speaks to be prepared if Monkeypox becomes epidemic.
    Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2022

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