How to Use witch hunt in a Sentence

witch hunt

noun

• He was the victim of a congressional witch hunt against Communists.
• In the other are the players who view the whole thing as a witch hunt.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
• Alan Dershowitz on the Mueller's witch hunt in studio, next.
  — Fox News, 3 Apr. 2018
• All the while, Ren is on a witch hunt trying to stop anyone using The Force.
  — Adam Schubak, Popular Mechanics, 12 Apr. 2019
• In Hart’s mind, the press went on a witch hunt, but for the press and much of the American public this was a quest for truth.
  — Kate Klausner, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2018
• Justice will be done but there will be no witch hunt, the minister said.
  — Abdoulie John, The Seattle Times, 15 Oct. 2018
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the treason charges a witch hunt.
  — Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2022
• This isn't a witch hunt, targeting Halperin for all the sins of our industry.
  — Lara Setrakian, Alaska Dispatch News, 28 Oct. 2017
• Trump called the investigation into the call a witch hunt and a hoax.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2022
• Netanyahu has denied all charges against him and claimed to be the victim of a witch hunt by the country’s courts and media.
  — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2023
• The White House argues that Stone was the target of a political witch hunt.
  — Erik Wasson, Houston Chronicle, 11 July 2020
• Trump has adamantly denied the allegations in the dossier and has dismissed the FBI probe as a witch hunt.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 24 Oct. 2017
• History has since proven that this post-plague witch hunt in Geneva wasn’t unique.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 27 Oct. 2022
• Some men say that this moment has created a witch hunt.
  — Marie Claire, 6 Feb. 2018
• Which makes sense because witchcraft (and witch hunts) are all about power.
  — Wired, 30 Oct. 2019
• His lawyer cast the trial as a political witch hunt by James.
  — Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2024
• Bolsonaro's supporters say the left is driving a witch hunt against him.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 21 Oct. 2021
• Trump briefly addressed the crowd at the dinner, repeating his claim the case is a partisan witch hunt.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 15 June 2023
• Trump has vigorously denied the allegations in the dossier and has called the FBI probe a witch hunt.
  — Devlin Barrett and Tom Hamburger, sacbee, 5 Jan. 2018
• And TikTok sleuths tried to solve some grisly killings but wound up sparking an online witch hunt.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
• What has been going on here has been nothing less than a partisan witch hunt.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
• Trump has denied all charges and denounced the probe as a political witch hunt.
  — Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
• Trump has denied all charges and denounced the probe as a political witch hunt.
  — Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2024
• Trump has denied all charges and denounced the probe as a political witch hunt.
  — Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 25 July 2024
• Will Trump be able to spin that as just another Democratic witch hunt?
  — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2024
• Baker said the suit was a witch hunt launched by an opponent because Owens has endorsed him.
  — Phillip M. Bailey, The Courier-Journal, 23 Apr. 2018
• There is not a scintilla of evidence that a witch hunt exists right now.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022
• This -- Gaetz has been describing this as a liberal witch hunt.
  — ABC News, 11 Apr. 2021
• His loyalty to the U.S. is publicly challenged as the Communist witch hunt rages.
  — USA TODAY, 18 July 2023
• The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has pleaded not guilty and has said the case is part of a political witch hunt.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024