How to Use psychological warfare in a Sentence

psychological warfare

noun
  • Dead behind the eyes, hair gelled to the gods, just munching away in an act of psychological warfare.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2023
  • These videos are key to the psychological warfare that underpins this flare-up.
    Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 16 Oct. 2023
  • It’s not meant to be as extreme as psychological warfare, right?
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The Army’s psychological warfare soldiers are using their brand of mental combat to bring in what the service needs: recruits.
    Lolita C. Baldor, Fortune, 3 May 2024
  • They are given just over a year to prepare before Terrance returns to begin Junior’s pre-mission tests, which begin to creep into a kind of psychological warfare.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Further revelations that the US had supplied Nicaraguan death squads with psychological warfare guides would not help that public relations problem.
    Justin Ling, WIRED, 1 Feb. 2024
  • By posting footage of the assault on its Telegram page, Hamas magnified the psychological warfare against Israelis and glorified the killing rampage for its online audience of supporters.
    Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023
  • But Adonis’ latest melee isn’t just a physical one; this match is also intense emotional and psychological warfare.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Israel has criticized videos like this as psychological warfare.
    Aurora Almendral, NBC News, 24 Apr. 2024
  • The host Jesse Watters suggested the superstar was a Defense Department asset engaging in psychological warfare.
    Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
  • And that's because traditional girl bullying is psychological warfare, and traditional boy bullying is physical warfare.
    Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Unlike conventional warfare that usually aims to capture territory or degrade military capabilities, terrorism is a form of psychological warfare that aims to terrify.
    TIME, 16 Oct. 2023

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