How to Use terrorism in a Sentence

terrorism

noun
  • They have been arrested for acts of terrorism.
  • Iran is the leading state sponsor of terrorism in the world.
    — Jimmy Quinn, National Review, 17 Mar. 2022
  • This was not the first time Cruz referred to the riots as terrorism.
    — Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2022
  • And the perceptions of the U.S. handling of that war against terrorism.
    — CBS News, 29 June 2022
  • But dealing with terrorism was never part of the career plans of many of the young lawyers.
    — New York Times, 28 June 2022
  • Like Guzmán, she had been sentenced to life in prison for terrorism.
    — Daniel Alarcón, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2021
  • He is being tried in Nicaragua on charges of terrorism and other crimes, and faces up to 30 years in prison.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2021
  • The man charged in the attack, Frank James, has pleaded not guilty to terrorism and other counts.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 2 June 2022
  • James has pleaded not guilty to terrorism and gun charges.
    — Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 1 June 2022
  • Pakistan since 9/11 is a front line in the struggle against terrorism.
    — Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2023
  • The terrorism threat Pakistan faces is one of its own making.
    — Aqil Shah, Foreign Affairs, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Guantanamo Bay has been used to house detainees from the U.S. war on terrorism.
    — Alexx Altman-Devilbiss, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2025
  • This is a party that can condemn terrorism and call for peace.
    — ABC News, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Guzmán was captured in 1992 and sentenced to life in prison for terrorism and other crimes.
    — Franklin Briceño, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Police have charged a 16-year-old with a terrorism offense in the church attack.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 24 Apr. 2024
  • The group has long been on a U.N. sanctions list and on terrorism watch lists as a threat to peace and stability.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2021
  • The attack unnerved a city on guard a bout a rise in gun violence and the ever-present threat of terrorism.
    — Jim Mustian, chicagotribune.com, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Their 15-year-old son is charged with murder, terrorism and other charges in the shooting.
    — Adrienne Vogt, CNN, 4 Dec. 2021
  • The attack unnerved a city on guard about a rise in gun violence and the ever-present threat of terrorism.
    — Karen Matthews and Michael R. Sisak, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Moscow has called the attack an act of terrorism that left two people dead.
    — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • This is terrorism and Israel has the right to defend itself.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2023
  • They were charged with terrorism and face a maximum sentence of life in prison.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
  • In remarks 11 month ago, Biden had said the U.S. would keep up the fight against terrorism in Afghanistan and other countries, despite pulling out troops.
    — Zeke Miller, Aamer Madhani, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Olympics organizers say the potential for terrorism was stitched into the plan for the Games from the start.
    — Ségolène Le Stradic, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2024
  • And if that’s the case, this will be yet another unpunished case of racial terrorism.
    — Stefani Reynolds, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
  • The crash wasn’t believed to be terrorism, and the driver was taken into custody.
    — Pan Pylas, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2023
  • Just as the purpose of terrorism is terror, so the purpose of Twitter is tweeting.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 22 Nov. 2022
  • This being a world where terrorism is all too common, some of those who’d come to see the wreckage had wondered whether the bridge might have been attacked.
    — Peter Nicholas, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The law was designed to provide a legal avenue in U.S. courts for victims of international terrorism.
    — Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
  • One such tool, trade sanctions, became a key way that states responded to a wide variety of unlawful actions, such as human rights violations, supporting terrorism, or waging wars of aggression.
    — Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025

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