How to Use on the warpath in a Sentence
on the warpath
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Shroud killed Robert’s dad and now the down-and-out hero is on the warpath.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
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Ruth, for one thing, is clearly now on the warpath with her shotgun, ready to hunt down Javi and avenge her cousin.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 23 Feb. 2022
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For over a year, official China seems to have been on the warpath against its own tech industry.
—Anne Stevenson-Yang, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021
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Western went on the warpath last week, putting up 91 points against an overmatched Taravella squad.
—Adam Lichtenstein, sun-sentinel.com, 20 Oct. 2021
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Her father, whose past includes an affiliation with the N’drangheta, sets out on the warpath for revenge and for blood.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 20 Oct. 2022
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This scandalizes the loyal parishioners, most of all Martha, who wastes no time texting the boss and putting the Monsignor on the warpath.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Tesla watchers reason that, on the warpath, Musk decided to make an example of her and everyone who worked for her.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 18 May 2024
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The former Fed employees and economists are on the warpath because Shelton is not a member of their tribe and does not worship at their altar.
—Steve H. Hanke, National Review, 9 Sep. 2020
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Daisy Ridley's Rey is wicked smart and a capable hero in a universe with the baddies of the First Order on the warpath.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 May 2025
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The simple truth is that the DOJ is always on the warpath against businesses possessing the temerity to not just meet the needs of consumers, but lead them.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Also, Parker-Genix will be on the warpath after Henry and Zora chose to gift the precious dinosaur DNA to the world.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
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Trump has been on the warpath since February 21 to get ex-UN Ambassador and Netflix board member Susan Rice fired.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
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Financial markets were already in a febrile state because of the rising risk of a global recession and the gyrations caused by three outsized rate increases from a US central bank on the warpath against inflation.
—Mark Thompson, CNN, 29 Sep. 2022
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Meanwhile, the National Association of Attorneys General is on the warpath once again.
—Christine Biederman, WIRED, 18 June 2019
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One day in 2022, Alabama Republican lawmakers were on the warpath against critical race theory.
—Kyle Whitmire | [email protected], al, 5 July 2023
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Among the left-of-center, this puts Reed at odds with just about everyone, which means that there are few more interesting developments in intellectual politics than the news that Adolph Reed is on the warpath.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
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In Sunday’s episode, Yasmin is on the warpath, using Alexander’s media connections to smear Tender, incriminate her husband, and absolve herself.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
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This is because Fifa is on the warpath to pierce the earnings bubble intermediaries have been receiving for some time and according to a report in The Athletic is poised to finally take significant action in doing so.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 17 May 2022
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Brockovich has been on the warpath fighting not only water contamination, but other problematic developments that impact vulnerable communities, like dangerous medical devices, for the past 24 years.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com, 27 Aug. 2020
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