Sentence examples for I declare this from inspiring English sources
The phrase "I declare this" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it in formal contexts, such as making an announcement, proclamation, or statement of intent. Example: "I declare this meeting officially open and welcome everyone to our discussion."
I declare this House in session".
"I declare this highway open to traffic," he muttered.
2.15pm "I declare this grandstand a bit draughty......
Ochs had written, "I declare this stone to be plumb, level and square," and she said "plump" and everyone laughed.
I declare this from this monastery which [enjoys] the intercessions of the Virgin Mary venerated by all of us, Muslims and Christians, about whom the Koran gives a very nice verse.
The combination of her laconic, ironic drawl, her giant frame in the babydoll waitress uniform and her nuggets of surrealism ("I declare this restaurant's official bird to be the toucan") was very funny and Bernhard savagely sent herself up in the role.
BEFORE I'd driven a mile in the 2011 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, I declared, "This thing must have more sound deadening than the 2010 model".
Since I declared this mantra at a mere 12 years old, I've spent most of my life spitting out these lines, and it has (for the most part) worked.
I'll need more evidence before I can declare this young man our next great comic wunderkind, but by the end I was beaming like a proud uncle.
Use this statement: "I declare that this is my last will and testament".. Include a provision nullifying all previous wills.
(a) During an especially contentious hearing, I'll declare, "This sort of heated controversy can be settled in one way only a tickle fight!" (b) I'll use a paper bag to make a hand puppet that looks just like Justice Thomas, then I'll hold it next to his head and have it speak for him in a squeaky voice.
