PROMULGATE in a Sentence

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During an interview with ABC News, Barack Obama said Republican attempted to promulgate, falsely, his Muslim connections.

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 Meanings and Examples of PROMULGATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
promulgate
 v.  proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication
Classic Sentence:
1  Military orders had been promulgated concerning the schools, sanitation, the kind of buttons one wore on one's suit, the sale of commodities and nearly everything else.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
2  It put a stop to torture, promulgated the truth, expelled miasma, rendered the century healthy, crowned the populace.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS
Example Sentence:
1  During an interview with ABC News, Barack Obama said Republican attempted to promulgate, falsely, his Muslim connections.
2  The federal government promulgated the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act.
3  The shipping industry promulgated a voluntary code.
4  The most cosmetically salient differences are, of course, the spellings. Webster promulgated many spelling reforms.