DECLARATION in a Sentence

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Unless you find the evidence against my client absolutely incontrovertible, you must declare her not guilty of this charge.

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 Meanings and Examples of DECLARATION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
declaration
 n.  announcement; explicit statement; formal public statement
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Elinor started at this declaration, and was sorry for the warmth she had been betrayed into, in speaking of him.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
2  Elinor could not hear the declaration, nor witness its proofs without sometimes wondering whether her mother ever recollected Edward.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 45
3  Which was, I suppose, as false a declaration as ever was made; for I was inwardly crying for her then, and I know what I know of the pain she cost me afterwards.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XI
4  We all acknowledged that we felt this something of a disappointment; but Mrs. Gummidge said she felt it more than we did, and shed tears again, and made that former declaration with great bitterness.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3. I HAVE A CHANGE
5  I picture myself taking courage to make a declaration to Miss Larkins.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18. A RETROSPECT
6  I provided, and sent down by the Norwood coach the night before, a delicate little hamper, amounting in itself, I thought, almost to a declaration.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33. BLISSFUL
7  At last, arrayed for the purpose at a vast expense, I went to Miss Mills's, fraught with a declaration.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33. BLISSFUL
8  Accordingly, I told Agnes about my declaration of poverty, about the cookery-book, the housekeeping accounts, and all the rest of it.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 39. WICKFIELD AND HEEP
9  I had such implicit confidence in her declaration, that I then put it to Mr. Peggotty, whether it would not seem, in the onset, like distrusting her, to follow her any farther.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 47. MARTHA
10  There is no question here of a declaration of war, but simply the expression of a human Christian feeling.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 8: Chapter 15
11  All of a sudden he heaves all the tea in Boston Harbor overboard, and whacks out a declaration of independence, and dares them to come on.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII.
12  Yes, but they will make you then sign your declaration, and confront you with him you have denounced; I will supply you with the means of supporting your accusation, for I know the fact well.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4. Conspiracy.
13  It required all Villefort's coolness not to betray the terror with which this declaration of the king inspired him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11. The Corsican Ogre.
14  "It is the declaration of Cardinal Spada, and the will so long sought for," replied Edmond, still incredulous.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18. The Treasure.
15  Had a thunderbolt fallen in the midst of the spectators of this unexpected scene, it would not have surprised them more than did Albert's declaration.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 90. The Meeting.
Example Sentence: (79 in 6 pages)
16  She would willingly forgo a birthday treat if only her warring parents would declare a truce.
17  The government may declare martial law in response to the latest violence in the region.
18  You'd better declare the camera to the official.
19  Congress is vested with the power to declare war.
20  Congress has the power to declare war.
21  Few expected that he would declare his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the presidency.
22  It is difficult to quantify an exact figure as firms are reluctant to declare their losses.
23  There are severe penalties for failing to declare all your income to the tax authorities.
24  To declare war against the small island state looks like the action of a cowardly nation.
25  Today he became the second candidate to declare himself——thus blowing the leadership race wide open.
26  A distinct and near voice said, "The marriage cannot go on: I declare the existence of an impediment."
27  He's asked President Bush to declare the area a disaster zone to free up federal funds.
28  Tis the voice of the Lobster; I heard him declare; You have baked me too brown, I must sugar my hair.
29  Unless you find the evidence against my client absolutely incontrovertible, you must declare her not guilty of this charge.
30  It was political theatre: epic for some, farce for others and tragic for many more; the Catalan parliament voted today, October 27th, to declare independence and constitute Catalonia as a republic.