How to Use pronouncement in a Sentence

pronouncement

noun
  • He made some important pronouncements on government policy.
  • This pronouncement, of course, will be met with a groan by fans.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 30 Sep. 2020
  • After that, there was no grand pronouncement to the staff as a whole.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 25 June 2022
  • And there is a sharp rise in brazenly racist pronouncements.
    — Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
  • My father’s fairy-tale pronouncement was many years ago now.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The last point above is the proverbial knock-your-socks-off pronouncement.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • But none of those pronouncements about Mueller’s probe were made by Mueller.
    — Washington Post, 8 June 2018
  • So don’t look for broad pronouncements from any of the candidates.
    — Mercury News Editorial, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • That's all the more reason to be cautious about such pronouncements.
    — Glenn Kessler, chicagotribune.com, 26 May 2017
  • In years past, this conference has been all about big pronouncements.
    — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 13 July 2018
  • Bowie made this pronouncement in 1999, and not much has changed since.
    — Marissa Lorusso, Pitchfork, 3 May 2026
  • World-changing pronouncements that were a bit too early?
    — Cortney Harding, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • That pronouncement held true in a bad way for Hagans against Evansville.
    — Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Their uncle has heard the pronouncements from the peace talks in Doha.
    — Fatima Faizi, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Tony Oursler was just a kid when Rosenberg made this pronouncement.
    — Frank Rose, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The hospital, though, wasn’t so sure about that pronouncement.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Nvidia cofounder Jensen Huang made that pronouncement this time last year.
    — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Analysts pore over their pronouncements to glean shifts on key issues.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 4 Mar. 2026
  • With this stunning pronouncement, Parker was off to the races.
    — Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Even the setting for Democrats’ latest pronouncements seemed off.
    — Liz Goodwin, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2018
  • The odd thing is that Ip makes another grand pronouncement that’s hard to credit.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 30 May 2021
  • And that included a strong pronouncement on Ohtani.
    — Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • That Zen pronouncement doesn't make the day-in/day-out drudgery of aging any easier.
    — Keith Uhlich, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2020
  • As with many pronouncements from this administration, the rhetoric was over the top.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
  • So thank you to Teeny for being bold enough and brave enough to risk looking the fool with all their pronouncements.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
  • As the heat built over the first week of August, no politician made a pronouncement or issued an alert about the heat.
    — Zoya Teirstein, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Jones added that the most remarkable part of the report was the pronouncement on fossil fuels.
    — David Vetter, Forbes, 18 May 2021
  • Coach Mike McCarthy, though, stopped short of a pronouncement.
    — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Nor are there are any flashbacks to life in the old country or wistful pronouncements of a better future in the new one.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Aug. 2023
  • In some cases, Prince Mohammed’s grand pronouncements have come to fruition.
    — Vivian Nereim, New York Times, 12 May 2025

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