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How to use announce in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb

Announce means to give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known. Example: “Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces the games.”

Examples of announce by meaning

verbTo give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known.

  • Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye.1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings
  • Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55

verbTo act as announcer for (an event, usually sports).

  • Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces the games.

verbTo act or work as an announcer.

  • Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces.

More sentences with announce

  • The bank of clouds on the horizon announced the arrival of the predicted storm front.From the entry bank
  • The Sunak government announced plans to stem the flow of migrants coming into Great Britain.From the entry government
  • Share prices jumped by 10% after the company announced record profits.From the entry jump
  • Smith announced he was the party's candidate for the next election.From the entry candidate
  • The council announced a new project for the urban regen of the waterfront area.From the entry regen
  • I felt a frisson just as they were about to announce the winner in my category.From the entry frisson
  • They played a short fanfare to announce the arrival of the king.From the entry fanfare
  • A scrum developed around the bar when free beer was announced.From the entry scrum
  • The Prime Minister announced a thorough investigation into the death of a father-of-two in police custody.From the entry thorough
  • The timetable has been changed several times since it was first announced.From the entry timetable
  • The troubled Internet company announced another round of layoffs last week.From the entry troubled
  • He announced, with his usual goofball humor, that he'd like to marry me!From the entry goofball
  • I ticked off Harry today because he announced he was present.From the entry tick off
  • The company sent out a press release announcing its new product.From the entry press release
  • The votes have all been tabulated, and the winner will be announced today.From the entry tabulated
  • The Kremlin announced plans to increase funding for museums and the arts.From the entry kremlin
  • Television programmes were interrupted by a newsflash announcing that the Prime Minister had resigned.From the entry newsflash
  • The sleaze-ridden government was forced to resign and a general election was announced.From the entry sleaze-ridden
  • The starting pitcher for today's game has not been announced yet.From the entry starting pitcher
  • The warship rang its semihourly bell, announcing it was now half past 10 o'clock.From the entry semihourly
  • The royal herald sounded a trumpet to announce their arrival.From the entry trumpet
  • A new tax policy was announced by Canberra today.From the entry Canberra
  • The government announced its plans to axe public spending.From the entry axe
  • The mayor announced draconian budget cuts today.From the entry draconian
  • The government announced a new initiative to help the unemployed.From the entry unemployed
  • We used our joker as soon as the topic of sports was announced, since we are sport experts.From the entry joker
  • The ambassador has been closeted with the prime minister all afternoon. We're all worried what will be announced when they exit.From the entry closet
  • The disposition of the case will be announced tomorrow.From the entry disposition
  • Buoyed by the huge success, they announced two other projects.From the entry buoy
  • The committee announced his nomination for the position of president.From the entry nomination
  • The government announced a new initiative to help the jobless.From the entry jobless
  • The scandal was even greater when it was announced that hush money had been paid to keep the faulty products unannounced.From the entry hush money
  • A company bulletin announced changes to the policy.From the entry bulletin
  • Their betrothal was announced in the local newspaper.From the entry betrothal
  • The school has announced that it will take disciplinary measures against the students who participated in the protest activities.From the entry disciplinary
  • The White House announced its support for the new law.From the entry White House

Meaning of announce

  1. verb To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known.
  2. verb To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
  3. verb To act as announcer for (an event, usually sports).

Full definition of announce

Questions about announce in a sentence

How do you use announce in a sentence?
Announce is used as a verb. For example: “Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces the games.”
What is a short sentence with announce?
“Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye.”
What does announce mean?
Announce means to give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: announce (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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