Example sentences for: proclaimed

How can you use “proclaimed” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • At Teano, outside Naples, they met up with Vittorio Emanuele, who was proclaimed King of Italy.

  • Under the Convention of Chuenpi, Britain was given the island of Hong Kong, and on 26 January 1841, it was proclaimed a British colony.

  • When the SARS epidemic showed the first signs of waning, the World Health Organization proclaimed that the turnaround was a testament to the efficient response of health systems worldwide and justified its decisive action in issuing a global alert.

  • After the victory, Count Afonso Henriques proclaimed himself the first king of Portugal, making it one of the first nation-states in Europe.

  • One widely quoted 1987 study emanating from the Brookings Institution proclaimed that seat belts--to all appearances, a low-cost and effective way to keep people from flying through the windshield--actually failed the test of cost/benefit analysis.


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