Literary notes about Proclaimed (AI summary)
In literature, "proclaimed" functions as a powerful signal of declaration, often used to convey the weight and formality of announcements. It appears in contexts ranging from the public assertion of rights or marvels, as when a community gathers at dawn to hear something wondrous declared [1], to the self-assured pronouncements of authority and legitimacy, as when rights are not only confessed but also proclaimed [2] or a king is anointed by declaration [3]. At times the term carries dramatic force in personal or emotional settings, such as when a character’s inner state manifests outwardly [4], while in other instances it marks ceremonies and transformational acts within societal, political, or divine frameworks [5] [6]. Through its varied use—from heralding official edicts to illuminating individual expression—"proclaimed" consistently imbues a narrative moment with a sense of gravitas and public resonance.
- To-day from the whole neighbourhood the Lithuanian populace had gathered before sunrise around the chapel, as if to hear some new marvel proclaimed.
— from Pan Tadeusz; or, The last foray in Lithuania by Adam Mickiewicz - Abuses existed, I combated them; tyrannies existed, I destroyed them; rights and principles existed, I proclaimed and confessed them.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - Had old Æolus appeared at this moment, he would have been proclaimed king of the moccoli , and Aquilo the heir-presumptive to the throne.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - Her sobs, her sighs, her mournful mien, Her glorious eyes, proclaimed the queen.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki - So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
— from The Doré Bible Gallery, Complete - He moved the sea and the dry land, when Christ was proclaimed both in the isles and in the whole world.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine