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.
  • 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
  • The judge also declared that players should be given a trust fund with a share of their licensing revenue after leaving school.
    Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2023
  • But the family wouldn’t budge until the city paid for an independent consultant to review the results and declare the levels safe.
    USA Today, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Its titular disclaimer declares that any resemblance to persons living or dead is not a coincidence.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Namibia followed in May, declaring a state of emergency as drought left around half its population facing high levels of acute food insecurity.
    Laura Paddison, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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