Sentence examples for declared in a tone from inspiring English sources

"Numero un... number one," she declared in a tone at once overly dramatic but also compelling.

I take two Solaradol to alleviate my lower-back pain, and watch Bloomberg with the sound down while an aide reads favourable profit results from my entire organisation, recalculating my collective holdings before declaring in a tone of unbridled joy, "Mr Murdoch, you've won! You've won capitalism.

A couple of times, somebody clasped my hand and declared in a dramatic tone that if violence flared up he would defend me with his life.

"You should know how to do this," they would declare in a parental tone, and either invite me to help or begin narrating some boring chopping or sautéing process.

Moments later, the topic turns to the shape of the Earth, and Irving declares in an earnest tone, "The Earth is flat".

"All audio is being delivered via vinyl on eight turntables into four mixers," a voice declared, in the plummy tone of a 1950s studio announcer.

"I am happy to be with you once more," a Scottish voice declared in seigneurial tones.

At the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2009, where China was guest of honor, I witnessed a revealing moment when Wang Meng, a former Chinese minister of culture, declared in ringing tones that China must keep its characters "or its culture will be extinguished!" Many young Chinese in the audience rose to their feet, clapping wildly.

We'd expect a retired American general to speak in such categorical terms -- referring to "the enemy" and declaring in a matter-of-fact tone that attacks on U.S. troops became even more "diabolical".

As an agitated crowd jostled around him and people clamored to recount their own sightings, Deepak Sharma, 18, declared in tones usually reserved for ghost stories, "It was a strange kind of black shadow, a strange kind of animal no one has ever seen before".

"Welcome to Chi-Raq, land of pain, misery, and strife!" he declares, in the tone of someone offering milk, honey, and a chance to dance.