battle cry

Example Sentences

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Casting a human loss in the language of insult revealed how little moral gravity has to register before it is turned into another battle cry.

From Salon

With a howling battle cry, teeth bared and fists raised, the Incorrigibles rushed to the defense of the babies by forming an Incorrigible pyramid in front of the cradle.

From Literature

With Zoë, she offers a generational battle cry: “Rise my post-menopausal sisters and fight; you have nothing to lose but your culturally imposed feelings of irrelevance.”

From Los Angeles Times

"You have no idea the fire that you have ignited within this wife, the cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battle cry," she said.

From BBC

The first line of “Hard Headed Woman,” the new record from Margo Price, begins with a battle cry.

From Salon