pacifist

Example Sentences

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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to boost Japan’s defense spending and revise its pacifist constitution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Germany dropped a long-standing pacifist tradition and started ramping up spending to overhaul its long underfunded armed forces.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

As a lifelong pacifist, Senesh was hardly an obvious choice as a freedom fighter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

The student they shared an apartment with, the Wiccan pacifist without enemies, somehow seemed a convenient one.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025

I mean, I’m usually Astrid Jones, pacifist poet type who doesn’t usually pick fights outside of correcting your grammar.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King