How to Use Damocles in a Sentence

Damocles

noun
  • My hunch is that many who in private criticize Israel or America’s support for Israel never say a word in public, cowed into silence by the sword of Damocles hanging over them — the omnipresent threat of charges of antisemitism.
    — Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025

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