war hawk

Example Sentences

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Unbelievable as it sounds, Turgidson was based on a real-life war hawk.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026

“Warfare” wants to live in the dictionary shoehorned between war cry and war hawk.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2025

Rather than simply being less of a war hawk, she will shift the entire focus to peacemaking.

From Slate • Aug. 2, 2019

Max Boot, a hard-line war hawk and self-declared “American imperialist,” lauded Clinton in an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times in May.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2016