How to Use hawkish in a Sentence

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• If anything, this year’s changing of the guard at the FOMC may lead to an even more hawkish stance.
  — Oliver Rust, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2024
• But on the war and confrontation with the West, the Communists are also on the hawkish side.
  — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Mar. 2024
• So, what does the Fed’s hawkish signal mean for investors?
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 11 Feb. 2024
• Biden could match his recent hawkish rhetoric with deeds.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024
• Oil prices are being weighed by the U.S. Fed’s hawkish tone that has stoked fears about holding rates higher for longer.
  — WSJ, 22 Sep. 2023
• The minutes, released on Wednesday, struck a hawkish tone.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 23 Feb. 2023
• Resilient labor markets could keep the Fed hawkish for longer.
  — WSJ, 2 Aug. 2023
• The candidates could not — or, rather, did not, agree with the premise — though Reagan, unsurprisingly, was the more hawkish of the two.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
• That continued hawkish stance by the Fed is also putting pressure on stock prices.
  — Rob Wile, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2022
• The initial steps the new Trump administration takes in Asia might look hawkish at first glance.
  — Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
• For that meeting only, markets may be more hawkish than the Fed itself.
  — Simon Moore, Forbes, 3 May 2023
• Experts said more hawkish views often come to the forefront at times of regional strife.
  — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
• This can, once again, force the Fed into a more hawkish policy, increasing the value of the dollar.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 29 July 2024
• Tomorrow, Powell will give a speech that will be closely watched for signs he's turned hawkish in the face of a booming jobs market.
  — Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
• On the other hand, Trump and his team are also known for their extremely hawkish views on Iran, a close ally of Assad.
  — Joshua Keating, Vox, 5 Dec. 2024
• The rise comes even as debt ceiling talks show little progress and as markets see the Fed pausing and cutting rates soon while its peers remain hawkish.
  — wsj.com, 12 May 2023
• Investors had long feared that possibility, which meant that some of the Fed's more hawkish moves led to stock market sell-offs.
  — Marley Jay, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2023
• Prigozhin’s mutiny has pushed the situation to an extreme and may pave the way for the emergence of a more radicalized, hawkish, and ruthless state.
  — Tatiana Stanovaya, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2023
• The Federal Reserve is not likely to change its hawkish stance anytime soon.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2023
• Compared to other contenders for the top job, he’s considered more hawkish.
  — Takashi Hirokawa, Bloomberg.com, 9 Feb. 2023
• The rumbling banking crisis underscores the hazards to the economy of a hawkish Fed.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 5 May 2023
• Over 80 percent of those surveyed said Powell’s Jackson Hole speech will reinforce the message of a hawkish hold.
  — Liz Capo McCormick, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2023
• The remarks by Patrushev and Bortnikov offer an insight into hawkish thinking at the top of the Kremlin elite.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
• The Fed slowed the pace of rate hikes last month, but Powell indicated in testimony to Congress Tuesday that the central bank may need to turn hawkish again.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 8 Mar. 2023
• Earlier in the race, Blackburn released an ad touting her hawkish stance on China.
  — Nate Rau, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
• Equally concerning for the hawkish Journal is the degree to which DeSantis has gone wobbly on Ukraine.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 4 Sep. 2023
• Despite that, the Fed is still sounding extremely hawkish notes in its projections of future rates.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
• The fifth question is whether a hard landing would weaken central banks’ hawkish resolve on inflation.
  — Nouriel Roubini, Time, 13 Oct. 2022
• Despite this hawkish tone, many analysts expect no more hikes.
  — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 21 Sep. 2023
• While the move was largely expected, the market took issue with the monetary policy committee’s more hawkish outlook on rate cuts in 2025.
  — Zev Fima, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Jan 2025