How to Use denounce in a Sentence

denounce

verb
  • Trump was forced to denounce it.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Experts were also quick to denounce the move.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Democrats denounced the video as racist and juvenile.
    — Nik Popli, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • So Guillermo del Toro doesn’t denounce him at awards shows?
    — Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Both hard-right and far-left factions in Israel have denounced it.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Hard to say, since none of them ever publicly denounced his past remarks.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Some denounce the use of sugar as the 13th deadly sin.
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
  • McLaughlin denounced both the ruling and the judge.
    — Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Hezbollah, not included in the talks, has denounced them.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • Since then, many Gen X public figures have denounced the term.
    — Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Putin, too, denounced US alliances.
    — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Both parties have denounced its soaring costs, crushing debt, and degrees that don’t yield jobs.
    — Emma Green, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Those allies have denounced Moscow’s claims.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • Journalists' groups and Al Jazeera denounced the killings.
    — USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Voices from around the league also denounced Belichick’s snub.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Trump, meanwhile, denounced the results.
    — Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
  • Putin denounced that interception as an act of piracy.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
  • In the past, Newsom denounced judges who ruled against them as toadies of the firearms industry.
    — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Officials with both major state parties denounced the stunt.
    — Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • While many denounced him as the devil incarnate, Pritzker stood his ground.
    — Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
  • While some called the elder Liu a freedom fighter, others denounced him.
    — ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • But Scott's campaign did denounce the actions themselves.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Camus is also denouncing the justice system in this book, right?
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
  • All have denounced Maduro’s abduction.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Crowds have gathered around it in protest and in praise to denounce American wars, and hear great voices sing and speak.
    — Scott Simon, NPR, 20 June 2026
  • But conservation groups have been eager to denounce the rules as a sort of give-away to public-land grazers.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 10 June 2026
  • Citizens from across the state also denounced the changes during heated hearings last week.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Other prominent Democrats were quick to denounce the merger.
    — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
  • But Congressional Democrats were quick to denounce it.
    — Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Videos quickly emerged showing the fatal shooting that has been widely denounced as a case of excessive force.
    — Mars King, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2026

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