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How to use denunciation in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun

Denunciation means proclamation; announcement; a publishing. Example: “But before the letter was finalized, it drew denunciation from the hawkish American Israel Public Affairs Committee.”

Examples of denunciation by meaning

nounThe act of denouncing; an accusation made in public.

  • His sermon was a forthright denunciation of sin1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC

More sentences with denunciation

  • But before the letter was finalized, it drew denunciation from the hawkish American Israel Public Affairs Committee.2020 July 1, Dan Friedman, “Congressional Democrats Are Tying Themselves Into Knots About Whether to Restrict Aid to Israel”, in Mother…. From the entry hawkish
  • African denunciations of Mau Mau have become rarer than dead donkeys.1953, The Socialist Leader. From the entry dead donkey
  • Why this denunciation of idolatry at this point?2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 746. From the entry contrast
  • That was not the method of Milner, however, who agitated for the most public denunciations of the Blanchardists.1984, Joan Connell, The Roman Catholic Church in England, 1780-1850: A Study in Internal Politics, page 109. From the entry Blanchardist
  • Krushchev's denunciation at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party.1965 February 25, Harrison E. Salisbury, “Kremlin Chimes' Banished Stalin”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01…. From the entry unperson
  • To Bachofen these denunciations represent the protest of gynaecocracy against the encroachment of a later system of social organization.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “II. The Suppliant Maidens”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 56. From the entry gynaecocracy
  • It took many attention-grabbing forms: freedom rides, land marches, tent embassies, blockades, sieges, stand-offs, demonstrations, lobbying, denunciations, and funereal silences, even filibustering.2011, P. G. McHugh, Aboriginal Title: The Modern Jurisprudence of Tribal Land Rights, Oxford University Press, page 61. From the entry tent embassy
  • Cahusac appeared to be having it all his own way, and he raised his harsh, querulous voice so that all might hear his truculent denunciation.1922, Rafael Sabatini, chapter XVI, in Captain Blood. From the entry truculent
  • But denunciations do not go far, and the only living and effective protest would be a society itself delivered from all pharisaisms and idolatries.1915, John Oman, “The Judgment of the Churches”, in The War and Its Issues: An Attempt at a Christian Judgment, Cambridge: At the…. From the entry pharisaism
  • Instead of fire-and-brimstone denunciations from the pulpit, the ex-gay movement allowed the Christian right to couch its condemnation of homosexuality in a way that seemed compassionate.2012 April 11, Gabriel Arana, “My So-Called Ex-Gay Life”, in The American Prospect, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2026. From the entry ex-gay
  • Submissions on the part of gay teachers and students and organizations were countered by apocalyptic denunciations on the part of Bible-toting mothers and fathers expertly organized by the right.1981 February 14, Alexander Wilson, “The New Right Attacks Childhood Sexuality: A Canadian Perspective”, in Gay Community News, volume 8…. From the entry apocalyptic
  • The social prophets painted a terrible picture of corruption and disorganisation which they denounced in unsparing terms—in one case even addressing these denunciations to the king himself.1935, James H. Breasted, chapter II, in The Dawn of Conscience, pages 20–21. From the entry messianism

Meaning of denunciation

  1. noun Proclamation; announcement; a publishing.
  2. noun The act of denouncing; an accusation made in public.
  3. noun An open declaration of personal fault.

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Questions about denunciation in a sentence

How do you use denunciation in a sentence?
Denunciation is used as a noun. For example: “But before the letter was finalized, it drew denunciation from the hawkish American Israel Public Affairs Committee.”
What is a short sentence with denunciation?
“His sermon was a forthright denunciation of sin”
What does denunciation mean?
Denunciation means proclamation; announcement; a publishing.

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