battle cry
Example Sentences
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With Zoë, she offers a generational battle cry: “Rise my post-menopausal sisters and fight; you have nothing to lose but your culturally imposed feelings of irrelevance.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025
"You have no idea the fire that you have ignited within this wife, the cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battle cry," she said.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025
About a year ago, “We won’t go back” became a battle cry, and look how that turned out.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2025
In today’s real-world context, Mr. Kerry’s battle cry is silly and self-destructive.
From Washington Times • Dec. 26, 2023
After that night, wrote Taylor Branch, “Fill up the jails” was King’s new battle cry.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
