Sentence examples for proclaimed on behalf of from inspiring English sources

Now she's got to live up to the whole woman thing — the promise that, as Ellen Malcolm, president and founder of the fund-raising group Emily's List, recently proclaimed on behalf of all women nationwide, she will be "a president of the United States who is like us".

pro- word-forming element meaning "forward, forth, toward the front" (as in proclaim, proceed); "beforehand, in advance" (prohibit, provide); "taking care of" (procure); "in place of, on behalf of" (proconsul, pronoun); from Latin pro "on behalf of, in place of, before, for, in exchange for, just as," which also was used as a prefix.

The politicians who go on the stump proclaiming to speak on behalf of the American people saying "the American people in their great wisdom want... .. don't know what they are talking about, or are deliberately spinning the political process.

In 1965, as other colonies were gaining independence under black African leaders, Southern Rhodesia's colonial Prime Minister, Ian Smith, unilaterally declared independence from Britain, on behalf of the white minority (eventually proclaiming the land the republic of Rhodesia).

NOW THEREFORE, I, Mayor Rob Ford, on behalf of Toronto City Council, do hereby proclaim February 6, 2014 as "Bob Marley Day" in the City of Toronto.

Prosecutors said at the time of his arrest that Loewen, an aviation technician, had proclaimed himself Muslim and had talked of committing "violent jihad on behalf of al Qaeda".

He proclaimed Libya a sanctuary for anyone who wanted training to fight on behalf of the Palestinians.

Created by the Wieden & Kennedy ad agency, the campaign proclaims Procter a "proud sponsor of moms" and thanks mothers on behalf of their children.

I wish that the same leaders who are so eager to proclaim that every life is sacred were half as eager to act on behalf of our military men and women, who are dying needlessly.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg proclaimed Dec. 4 Alvin Ailey Day in New York; Gov. David A. Paterson has honored the company on behalf of the State of New York; and the United States Congress has called it the nation's cultural ambassador to the world.

He asserted that the artists of USA for Africa were proclaiming "their own salvation for singing about an issue they will never experience on behalf of a people most of them will never encounter".