How to Use declare in a Sentence

declare

verb

• Do you have anything to declare?
• They failed to declare all of their earnings on their tax return.
• He openly declared his love for her.
• The government has just declared a state of emergency.
• Large purchases must be declared at customs.
• The statement declares that the Rep has raised 92%, or more than $71 million, of the new goal amount.
  — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2024
• Three people from the tour bus were declared dead at the scene, the crash report said.
  — Michelle Watson, CNN, 7 Aug. 2023
• This means that 72% of those the church lists as members do not declare themselves as such.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 July 2023
• Pitt and Jolie were declared legally single by a judge back in 2019.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 15 July 2024
• Here’s guessing that little trick will soon be declared against the rules.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
• Yasemin arrives with her five-year-old sister, Mine, and declares that the child will live there from now on.
  — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2024
• April 26: The board declared Disney’s agreement null and void.
  — Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2023
• But the jury was hung on a total of 10 counts, and a mistrial was declared on those charges.
  — Robert Legare, CBS News, 4 May 2023
• They were both taken to the hospital where Omar was declared dead.
  — Dana Munro, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2024
• Trump, who said he was shot in the ear, was declared safe following the incident.
  — Simone McCarthy, CNN, 15 July 2024
• The victim, identified as 39-year-old Emil Lahaziel, was declared dead at the scene.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 8 June 2023
• Groups that have declared allegiance to Al Qaeda and the Islamic State are on the march.
  — Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 7 June 2024
• In early May, the court ordered the state to explain why the police failed to stop the attacks and declared that the villagers have a right to return to their homes.
  — Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
• Siyaya gave birth to the cubs more than 70 years after cheetahs were declared extinct in India.
  — Melissa Gray, CNN, 25 May 2023
• In 1890, the U.S. government had declared the frontier closed.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023
• The next month, he was declared nondeployable and barred by the Army from handling weapons while on duty.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2024
• Her debut album, Miss Thang, declared her our new It girl.
  — Rivea Ruff, Essence, 21 June 2023
• The referee stopping it in the second round and declared Greene winner by TKO.
  — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2023
• Natalee was legally declared dead in 2012, but her body has never been found.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023
• Police saw burn wounds on the baby’s body, and the Kansas City Fire Department declared the baby dead at the scene.
  — Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2024
• Ben goes, pretends to snap some shots, and declares the place free of malevolent spirits.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2023
• Some five hours after the morning’s events began, Israel declared a state of war.
  — Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
• Van der Sloot is not charged with killing Holloway, who was declared dead several years ago.
  — Janet Shamlian, CBS News, 9 June 2023
• An heir to the Chrysler family declared his intent to buy the brand back from Stellantis and lambasted Tavares and other executives.
  — William Gavin, Quartz, 11 Oct. 2024
• That lip-lock in particular happens during Shakespeare's famed balcony scene, where Romeo declares his love for Juliet from the garden below and the two decide to marry.
  — Dave Quinn, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024