How to Use pronounce in a Sentence

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• The doctors pronounced him fit to go back to work.
• The judge pronounced for the defendant.
• The priest pronounced a blessing on their home.
• Many senators are pronouncing in favor of the bill.
• He was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital.
• I'm sorry. I can't pronounce your name.
• She practices pronouncing foreign words.
• All three of the men were pronounced dead at the scene.
  — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
• Bankhead-Kendall turned to look at the clock and pronounce the time of death.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2021
• It is pronounced a crib death (what would come to be called SIDS).
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 May 2023
• This makes some words hard to pronounce for most Arabs.
  — Ahmed Tharwat, Star Tribune, 9 Apr. 2021
• First responders were sent to the scene, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
  — Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2024
• The second thing to know about the state would be how to pronounce the name of the state’s capital.
  — Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Sep. 2022
• One man was pronounced dead at the scene and at least nine were injured.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 19 Sep. 2023
• The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
  — Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
• The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, Watson said.
  — Mary Claire Molloy, Washington Post, 25 June 2023
• But there's still debate about it, how the right way to pronounce it.
  — Editors, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2022
• Both Piper and an occupant of the Equinox were pronounced dead on the scene.
  — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2024
• Tell her that the doll finds Chocolate too hard to pronounce.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2023
• The police report says Glenn was pronounced dead at the scene.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
• Firefighters found a man face-down in the lake and pronounced him dead at the scene.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
• Paramedics responded and pronounced the man dead at the scene.
  — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 14 Jan. 2025
• He was pronounced dead at 7:41 a.m., and a suicide note was found in his home.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023
• The teen was pronounced dead the next day, the police department said.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2024
• The five young women were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 22 June 2023
• There would be a back and forth between the two lawyers, and then the judge would pronounce a sentence.
  — New York Times, 7 June 2022
• All six on board were pronounced dead at the scene, the sheriff's office said.
  — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
• He was pronounced dead at the home about an hour later.
  — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2023
• That way of thinking is even more pronounced when a pet has died.
  — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
• They were both rushed to the Swedish Covenant Hospital, where the 10-year-old was pronounced dead.
  — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 29 Jan 2025