How to Use nom de guerre in a Sentence

nom de guerre

noun

• Among the latter was 18-year-old Simone Segouin, who used the nom de guerre Nicole.
  — Phil Davison, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
• Her name was Simone Segouin, but she was known by her nom de guerre, Nicole.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023
• Saif al-Adel is his nom de guerre, which translates as Sword of Justice.
  — Tim Lister, CNN, 2 Aug. 2022
• Ulyanov later would adopt the nom de guerre Lenin (likely derived from the name of a Siberian river, the Lena).
  — Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian, 29 Mar. 2017
• Utkin was long believed to have founded Wagner and baptized the group with his nom de guerre.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2023
• Among those trying out their wit that evening was an Afro-Colombian rebel whose nom de guerre is Negro Primero.
  — Maximo Anderson, Bloomberg.com, 10 Jan. 2018
• The reclusive leader al-Baghdadi was known to be close to one of his brothers, known by his nom de guerre Abu Hamza.
  — Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2019
• Mazloum, who goes by a nom de guerre, struck a cautious but optimistic tone about the future of the U.S. presence here.
  — Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2021
• Ulenca said she was handed over to a 24-year-old Tanzanian, whose nom de guerre was Fawzani.
  — Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2022
• One of the most notorious mutilators was a young woman who’d earned the nom de guerre Queen Cut Hands.
  — Janine Di Giovanni, The New York Review of Books, 7 June 2019
• The strike on the Palestinian militia base on Monday killed no one, according to a member of the group using the nom de guerre Abu Ratib.
  — Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2019
• Known better by his nom de guerre Vic Mensa, the 26-year-old has become known as one of the most revolutionary-minded rappers in the game.
  — Kim Kelly, Teen Vogue, 16 Aug. 2019
• That name was one that the U.S. intelligence was not familiar with and turned out to be a new nom de guerre that al Mawla, who goes by a number of other names, was using.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 17 Mar. 2020
• Sahidjuan, who uses the nom de guerre Apuh Mike, has been blamed for carrying out ransom kidnappings since the early 1990s.
  — Jim Gomez, Star Tribune, 21 Mar. 2021
• Little is known about al-Muhajir, who was appointed spokesman in 2016 and is believed to be a foreigner given his nom de guerre, the migrant.
  — Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2019
• Today Abu Abdullah – his name is a nom de guerre – lays tiles in a northern Jordanian village for $28 a day.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2022
• One source who worked in the shipping business described a relationship with a Jaysh al Mahdi commander, who went by the nom de guerre al Mullah.
  — Zack Kopplin, The New Republic, 10 Jan. 2020
• Mike Adams, who goes by the nom de guerre Health Ranger, can politely be described as an antiscience propagandist.
  — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2010
• The captain, who goes by the nom de guerre Zin Yaw, or Seagull, is a 20-year military veteran who deserted in March and now trains opposition forces.
  — David Rising and, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2021
• Two months after her capture, Hearst announced her solidarity with her captors, and her new nom de guerre, Tania.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2022
• From the era of powerhouse, long-haired blondes that tore up the airwaves, one of the most memorable names is Sebastian Bach, and not only because the singer’s nom de guerre piggybacks on a classical titan.
  — Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, 4 June 2019
• Some analysts suggest al-Hashimi could be Abdullah’s nom de guerre.
  — Joseph Hincks, Time, 1 Nov. 2019
• But the troops’ commander, Mykhailo Strebizh, who goes by the nom de guerre Gaiduk, lamented that if his fighters were to come under an intense artillery barrage, their cache would, at best, amount to only about four hours’ worth of return fire.
  — Andrea Rosa and Jamey Keaten, Anchorage Daily News, 21 June 2022
• Like others interviewed for this article, Mr. Perdomo agreed to be identified only by his nom de guerre.
  — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2022
• People projected lit firecrackers with makeshift launchers during the burial of Mr. Zepeda, whose nom de guerre was Commander Chabelo.
  — Juan Montes, WSJ, 18 June 2018
• The group typically identifies its leaders using noms de guerre that refer to their tribal affiliation and lineage.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 31 Oct. 2019

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024