Sentence examples for formal declaration of hostilities from inspiring English sources

"This is the enemy, America!" Like many wars, it wasn't hard to see this one coming, but the formal declaration of hostilities still caught almost everyone off guard.

Congress soon thereafter bought into the notion, fashionable during the Cold War, that formal declarations of hostilities had become passé.

A formal declaration of sorts was expected early this week.

When Iraq makes its formal declaration of its secret programs, "we have to look at the declaration," Mr. ElBaradei said.

They presumably understood that a formal declaration of war is out of the question.

The article uses the Latin term "mea culpa," meaning "a formal declaration of fault/responsibility".

A formal declaration of liberation would be made by Friday, he added later.

Instead of designating a vice presidential nominee, Roosevelt made no formal declaration of support for anyone.

There was no formal declaration, of course, nor even any undeclared use of military force.

On April 25 Congress passed a formal declaration of war in the interest of securing Cuban independence.

The fear is that one day Taiwan will make a formal declaration of independence.