How to Use declare war in a Sentence

declare war

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• Let’s go off and declare war on Iran!
  — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
• Did Trump declare war on Venezuela?
  — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
• The power to declare war is in the hands of Congress.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
• That's Clay's cue to bring out the heavy artillery and declare war on the alien life form.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Nov. 2020
• Comments included a push to declare war on teachers who want kids to wear masks.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 1 Oct. 2021
• Is the war in Iran the end of Congress' power to declare war?
  — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
• One camp sticks strictly to the claim that Congress alone has the power to declare war.
  — Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
• Russia declare war not for Ukraine but for all civilized world.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2022
• The power to declare war does not belong to the president.
  — Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
• That’s sort of a crazy definition of war because our job is to initiate or declare war.
  — NBC news, 18 Jan. 2026
• The assault killed more than 1,400, compelling Israel to declare war.
  — Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
• Only Congress has the power to declare war – not one unhinged president.
  — Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
• Well, that’s right, and also, of course, the führer did declare war on Germany at the end, in the very last days in 1945.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
• The board does recall that the Constitution requires an act of Congress to declare war?
  — Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
• The Constitution vests the power to declare war in Congress.
  — Garrett Downs,greg Iacurci,azhar Sukri,spriha Srivastava,emma Graham,lee Ying Shan,anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
• That section of the Constitution grants Congress the sole power to declare war.
  — Morgan Fischer, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2024
• When is the Republican Party going to declare war on teachers unions?
  — Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 4 May 2021
• So shocking was the unprovoked attack that many expected Washington to declare war then and there.
  — Brad Lendon, CNN, 26 May 2023
• But Democrats note the Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war.
  — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 28 June 2025
• In September, France and Great Britain declare war on Germany.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2026
• Our Founding Fathers required Congress declare war out of fear the president would start one on his own.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
• On April 4, the Senate voted to declare war against Germany by a vote of 82-6.
  — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
• The people must debate, decide, and then if absolutely necessary, declare war.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 2 Mar. 2022
• But things turn dire quickly when their governments declare war on each other and both groups are instructed to commandeer the space station by any means necessary.
  — William Earl, Variety, 21 Jan. 2024
• As of now, the president’s decision to declare war on Iran appears to be a catastrophic mistake rather than an act of bravery.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
• The Constitution also gave members of Congress the power to declare war.
  — Andrew Tisch, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
• The Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war, and the president has not declared war.
  — Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2026
• The Constitution states that Congress has the exclusive power to declare war.
  — Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
• And, under the Constitution, only Congress has the power to declare war.
  — Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
• When the governor ran into a roadblock in the House of Delegates or Senate, he was tempted to declare war.
  — Peter Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2026