How to Use terrorist in a Sentence

terrorist

1 of 2 noun
  • Will terrorists dare to cross busy bike lanes?
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
  • That’s how would-be terrorists like it.
    Juliette Kayyem, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The terrorists are the ones who are dressed as clergy.
    Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Our war is with Hamas terrorists.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Our war is with Hamas terrorists.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Nobody has to care what a terrorist thinks.
    Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
  • Our goal is to free Gaza, free it from Hamas terrorists.
    Ilan Berman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Our goal is to free Gaza from Hamas terrorists.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 10 Aug. 2025
  • And are all drug dealers terrorists now?
    Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The terrorists are the ones without masks.
    Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
  • There must be no agreements with terrorists.
    Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The terrorists pull me and the Thai worker out.
    Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • As if by way of reply, a soldier called us terrorists.
    Emily Wilder, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The terrorists have only headlamps to light the way.
    Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Gone are the days when terrorists would turn to a journalist to tell their story.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The terrorists were equipped with GoPros to film many of their crimes.
    Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2026
  • The terrorists lead me out of the vehicle, still wrapped in the blanket.
    Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The last thing the world needs is another nation run by terrorists.
    Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2025
  • He was taken away by Hamas terrorists from their kibbutz home.
    Greg Palkot, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Three male narco-terrorists were aboard the vessel during the third strike.
    Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • That’s the weapon these terrorists never stop wielding.
    Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Politicians charged that there were now citizens and terrorists, good and evil.
    Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The man in question was not a terrorist, at least not in the conventional sense.
    Wyatt Mason, Harper’s Magazine , 6 Jan. 2023
  • But that’s exactly what one of the terrorists from the weekend had access to.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Having just managed to save us from getting lynched, the terrorists slam the doors behind us.
    Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Yes, the terrorist who plotted 9/11 went viral this week, and not in a good way.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2023
  • That includes civilians as well as Hamas terrorists.
    Major Garrett, CBS News, 10 May 2026
  • Three male narco-terrorists were killed during this action.
    Anders Hagstrom , Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The Hamas terrorist who murdered Cpl.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The general went from house to house and the kibbutz and took care of any remaining terrorists.
    Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025

terrorist

2 of 2 adjective
  • What does a terrorist look like?
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
  • There were two terrorist groups that were very active at the time.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The terrorist group did not provide a time frame for the change.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Iran has spent decades building a terrorist network all over the world.
    Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2026
  • So this was a terrorist attack.
    Leila Fadel, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This was truly a terrorist act.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
  • Neither the group nor its members would have to be charged with a crime to be deemed a terrorist group.
    Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Iran is a terrorist threat to Israel.
    Jack Fink, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The regime has armed, trained, and funded terrorist militias that have soaked the earth with blood and guts.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The men were found not guilty of providing support for a terrorist act and a weapon charge.
    Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 10 June 2026
  • Thousands have died at the hands of Iran and its terrorist networks.
    Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The terrorist attacks occurred the very next day.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
  • In short, day by day, the terrorist regime in Iran seems to be crumbling from within.
    Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2026
  • This is the preeminent terrorist regime in the world, okay?
    CBS News, 10 May 2026
  • Of course, Swift and her team were forced to cancel three nights in the city after a terrorist plot was foiled.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2025
  • That means users on Threads won’t be able to praise terrorist or hate groups, buy firearms or make threats against people or groups.
    Geoffrey A. Fowler and Naomi Nix, Anchorage Daily News, 6 July 2023
  • One hundred seventy two people on the terrorist watch [list] have come on your watch.
    Samuel Schaffer, Washington Examiner, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Iran is a terrorist nation-state and is a threat to democracies worldwide.
    Derek Tran, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The attacker was shot and killed in what police called a terrorist attack.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Countless terrorist plans have been thwarted, but the world knows only about those that succeed.
    Vijay Pande, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Two hundred of our police forces have been killed by those terrorist elements.
    ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • But Jihadist inspired terrorist attacks are at an all-time high.
    ABC News, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Three people were killed and hundreds were injured in the terrorist attack.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Then a slew of terrorist attacks and bombing swept Turkey.
    Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The United States has become a rogue terrorist state.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The state’s leader is also trying to ban the display of terrorist symbols and curb protests.
    Katie Silver, NBC news, 25 Dec. 2025
  • It has since been declared a terrorist incident.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
  • There were often threats to him by the Ku Klux Klan and other terrorist groups.
    La'tasha Givens, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The charge of support for a terrorist act carried a maximum of 20 years in prison.
    Ahmad Hemingway, ABC News, 10 June 2026
  • The Jalisco cartel is known for its terrorist tactics.
    Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026

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