How to Use declare war in a Sentence

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• That's Clay's cue to bring out the heavy artillery and declare war on the alien life form.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Nov. 2020
• On April 4, the Senate voted to declare war against Germany by a vote of 82-6.
  — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
• Comments included a push to declare war on teachers who want kids to wear masks.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 1 Oct. 2021
• Russia declare war not for Ukraine but for all civilized world.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2022
• Other presidents have used the Oval Office to declare war.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 9 Mar. 2022
• The Constitution gives Congress the sole power to declare war but makes the president commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
  — Peter Weber, The Week, 18 June 2021
• Orm was crowned King of Atlantis in the first film and sought to declare war on the surface world for humanity's desecration of the seven seas.
  — Alexia Fernández, PEOPLE.com, 8 Sep. 2021
• The constitution of the United States grants Congress, and only Congress the power to declare war.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2023
• When is the Republican Party going to declare war on teachers unions?
  — Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 4 May 2021
• So shocking was the unprovoked attack that many expected Washington to declare war then and there.
  — Brad Lendon, CNN, 26 May 2023
• Newspapers often criticized his leadership skills, and it's believed that this pressure-pushed him to declare war with Spain in 1898.
  — Sam Escobar, Good Housekeeping, 15 Apr. 2023
• Instead, Ukraine’s president would declare war with the approval of Parliament, and the military would decide how to mobilize civilians and give the orders.
  — Jillian Kay Melchior, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2022
• Throughout our history, presidents have come to this chamber to speak to Congress, to the nation, and to the world to declare war, to celebrate peace, to announce new plans and possibilities.
  — ABC News, 28 Apr. 2021
• Kagan explained the mission in his Washington Post column on the very day of the September 11 attacks, calling on Congress to declare war on all enemies.
  — Samuel Moyn, The New Republic, 14 Feb. 2023
• Supporters of Israel denounced the air and ground attacks against early Saturday, which prompted Israel to declare war.
  — Kristie Keleshian, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2023
• After Wakanda and Talokan declare war with one another, Namor reiterates his loyalty to his people with a rousing speech in his throne room.
  — Vulture, 16 Nov. 2022
• Napoleon prompted Russia and Denmark to declare war on Sweden, which ultimately lost to the powerful coalition.
  — Time, 11 July 2023
• The people must debate, decide, and then if absolutely necessary, declare war.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 2 Mar. 2022
• Normally, under the U.S. system, only Congress can declare war.
  — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
• Over many decades, Congress has effectively ceded much of its power to declare war to the presidency, leaving some lawmakers in both parties uneasy.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2021
• It is expected that the Russian President will use the occasion to formally declare war on Ukraine and call up a full mobilisation of troops (especially conscripts).
  — Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 7 May 2022
• Didn't the Biden administration declare war on junk fees like Kraus' daily mandatory destination charge earlier this year?
  — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
• His views had become increasingly antidemocratic, royalist, and reactionary; he even got involved with plans to reinstate the Habsburg monarchy and declare war, as the only way of saving Europe from the Nazis.
  — Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 21 Sep. 2022
• Pashinyan declined to declare war following the new Azerbaijani offensive and on Wednesday said Armenia had no involvement in Wednesday's ceasefire agreement.
  — Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2023
• Those of a certain personality declare war on their own vulnerabilities, as my father did, fighting to hold onto his dignity.
  — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2023
• Those of a certain personality declare war on their own vulnerabilities, as my father did, fighting to hold onto his dignity.
  — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2023
• The seditious conspiracy charge involves plotting to overthrow the government or declare war against it or forcefully oppose authority.
  — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2020
• Western officials have voiced concerns that President Vladimir Putin will use the occasion to officially declare war on Ukraine or otherwise escalate his military campaign.
  — Rachel Elbaum, NBC News, 9 May 2022
• Anonymous, an international hacking collective that has conducted cyberattacks against governments and corporations, appeared to declare war against Putin and Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine.
  — Paul Best, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2022
• This scheduling offered not only a chance to reassert Congress’s constitutional power to declare war but also the nearly irresistible opportunity to make a political point about the historic folly of that particular war.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024