Sentence examples for formal declaration of war from inspiring English sources

Submitting a formal declaration of war against another team gets you the certificate.

Although Congress never voted on a formal declaration of war, they did authorize the President's actions.

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

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

"Should the president and congress make a formal declaration of war?" asked one CNN correspondent last night to another.

He conducted a lengthy and successful war against the Barbary pirates of North Africa without seeking a formal declaration of war from Congress.

Its last formal declarations of war were during World War II.

Likewise, formal declarations of war inevitably invite discussions of the just war tradition.

Formal declarations of war, however, are as rare as the thing itself is common.

As formal declarations of war were made, German and Italian aliens, known or suspected to be dangerous, were arrested.

In modern times, resolutions like the one passed last week have replaced formal declarations of war in defining Congress's contribution.