Sentence examples for for declaring a war from inspiring English sources

Last year Mayor Kirk Caldwell came under fire for declaring a "war" on homelessness.

Their statistical attempts to make the deaths of 13 officers grounds for declaring a war of blue against black in the United States is as ridiculous as it is dangerous to communities already fighting against police brutality.

He served three years in federal prison for declaring a paramilitary race war and for illegal possession of weapons.

In response to the invasion, the British government under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher declared a war zone for 200 miles (320 km) around the Falklands.

U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan Kofi Annan called the treaty "a milestone in the struggle for the rule of law" and declared a "war without frontiers".

And while Jahar may have envied his brother his place in heaven, he himself was getting ready to stand trial for doing exactly what he and his brother had wanted to do: for declaring war on a great power.

She is in favor of a no-fly zone in Syria – a euphemism for declaring war on the Assad regime on one side, while also bombing Isis on the other.

In 1158, he asserted that the Song had violated the 1142 treaty, a pretext for declaring war on the Song.

If so, the US would then have a stronger case for declaring war against the perpetrators.

Isn't control over the nation's coffers and the responsibility for declaring war as important as the ability to drive a car?

Long before criticism of the war became widespread, Haggard chided the government and the media for declaring that the war was over when American soldiers were still dying in Iraq.