Sentence examples for weapon of fear from inspiring English sources

Lacking the military strength to challenge us directly, the terrorists have chosen the weapon of fear.

The game uses the dark as its primary weapon of fear, funneling the player into shadowy passageways and dimly lighted rooms.

It's a concern that at a time when Islam is being used as a weapon of fear and extremism, we hear reports that many of the overwhelming majority of British Muslims, who condemn the actions of groups such as Islamic State, fear speaking out and taking public action because they believe that whatever they do or say will always be misrepresented.

Who knows what else is going on under the radar?" In a furious speech that delighted delegates, Bousted said the schools watchdog, Ofsted, was "a weapon of fear and terror", an organisation plagued with quality control problems and a "credibility chasm" with the teaching profession.

This takes the key political weapon of fear from the "Remain" camps in other European countries.

A Democratic victory would probably have sent gun enthusiasts out to buy more weapons out of fear they might not have been able to in the future.

Just because a handful of players say they have purchased weapons out of fear of terrorism does not mean other players on the Giants, the Jets, the Redskins or any other N.F.L. team have done the same.

These are the nicest soldiers imaginable: they are wary of using their weapons for fear of hurting civilians to the point of rebellion, discuss everything (even though the leader tries to shortchange this), try and protect a prisoner from a suspicious "ally" who wants to torture and probably kill the guy and even place a call to one of the guys' mother to assure her he's ok.

The Cuban missile crisis showed that neither the United States nor the Soviet Union were ready to use nuclear weapons for fear of the other's retaliation (and thus of mutual atomic annihilation).

According to the Times, Washington has turned down Kurdish requests for American weapons for fear of alienating and undermining Iraq's central government in Baghdad.

As loneliness has been linked to peer victimisation [ 25], it is possible that victimised and lonely adolescents may be engaging in aggressive and violent behaviours (such as weapon carrying) out of fear and in the desire to protect themselves [ 26].