How to Use war of words in a Sentence

war of words

noun phrase

• Much of the internet seems to think the pair are once again in a war of words.
  — Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
• The policy choice led to a war of words between the two.
  — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 1 July 2023
• The battle continued after the game as the pair engaged in a war of words through the media.
  — Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
• In any case, the war of words reflects the high electoral stakes surrounding the issue.
  — Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Feb. 2024
• It’s been a war of words leading up to the tally — read what Nelson has been saying.
  — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
• A couple of years ago, Residente engaged in a war of words with J Balvin.
  — Gary Suarez, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2024
• Their war of words hit a crescendo on the weekend of May 3, but tensions have been simmering for years.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2024
• DeSantis and Disney have been engaged in a public war of words for more than a year.
  — Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
• The war of words escalates into a shootout on horseback, with Bass shooting Esau off his horse.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
• The two candidates have stepped up their war of words against each other since the war in the Middle East began and has now claimed more than 1,400 lives in Israel.
  — Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2023
• The video is an escalation in the public war of words between Disney and Trian.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2024
• The war of words is on, even if it was started involuntarily.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 17 Jan. 2024
• In the intense war of words over the Israel-Gaza war, a particular phrase has popped up repeatedly.
  — Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
• But at the same time, his war of words with General al-Burhan, his putative boss and the army commander, grew steadily more intense.
  — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2023
• Although the fists won’t fly until Saturday night, UFC 292 served as a war of words between fighters at media day.
  — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
• Until the recent war of words, the two parties had been negotiating for a little over a week, in an attempt to end the strike, which has gone on for more than three months.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
• Last year, Morris also had a war of words with Jason Aldean and his wife, Brittany, over gender-affirming care.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2023
• The witty war of words between Claudio’s friend, Benedick, and Hero’s cousin, Beatrice, also draws attention in this story.
  — Daily Southtown Staff, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2023
• The heated back-and-forth, which mirrors the war of words during the early days of the writers’ strike, gives a sense of how much work will have to be done to reach a deal once the union and the studios return to the negotiating table.
  — Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
• And a new deal may be at an impasse after the war of words spilled from the negotiating table onto social media Wednesday night.
  — Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
• The team at MoffettNathanson also noted that the Disney-Charter war of words sounded much more serious than past standoffs.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2023
• The Confederation of British Industry faces a crunch vote over its future on Tuesday amid a war of words with one of the business lobby group’s biggest rivals.
  — Sabah Meddings, Bloomberg.com, 6 June 2023
• To that, Thursday’s war of words certainly wasn’t pretty, especially for Democrats.
  — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 27 June 2024
• The film follows her professional and personal life during the media and political firestorm from 2016 to today and the aftermath of her war of words and attorneys with Trump.
  — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
• Both rappers have made statements capable of inciting real-world violence; the lesson in the deaths of legends like 2Pac is never to let a war of words devolve into crashing out.
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 May 2024
• Released in the early morning hours Thursday, the video is the second provocative recruiting ad that, in itself, exemplifies the kind of work the psyop soldiers do to influence public opinion and wage the war of words overseas.
  — Lolita C. Baldor, Fortune, 3 May 2024
• What started as a war of words between Lamar and Drake quickly devolved into something more sinister, with each airing the other’s dirty laundry in public and taking vicious potshots.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 8 May 2024
• Feeding a global market The propagandist war of words has mainly focused on the impact on vulnerable populations in the Global South.
  — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2023
• Beneath the war of words, however, strategists in both parties suggest there may be a mutually beneficial dynamic at play.
  — Bysteve Peoples, Fortune, 20 June 2023
• The war of words between the Democratic president and the Republican speaker of the House has become increasingly pitched — and occasionally petty.
  — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 6 Sep 2024