How to Use witch hunt in a Sentence

witch hunt

noun
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  • He was the victim of a congressional witch hunt against Communists.
  • In the other are the players who view the whole thing as a witch hunt.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Alan Dershowitz on the Mueller's witch hunt in studio, next.
    — Fox News, 3 Apr. 2018
  • All the while, Ren is on a witch hunt trying to stop anyone using The Force.
    — Adam Schubak, Popular Mechanics, 12 Apr. 2019
  • In Hart’s mind, the press went on a witch hunt, but for the press and much of the American public this was a quest for truth.
    — Kate Klausner, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2018
  • Justice will be done but there will be no witch hunt, the minister said.
    — Abdoulie John, The Seattle Times, 15 Oct. 2018
  • Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the treason charges a witch hunt.
    — Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2022
  • This isn't a witch hunt, targeting Halperin for all the sins of our industry.
    — Lara Setrakian, Alaska Dispatch News, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Trump called the investigation into the call a witch hunt and a hoax.
    — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Netanyahu has denied all charges against him and claimed to be the victim of a witch hunt by the country’s courts and media.
    — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The White House argues that Stone was the target of a political witch hunt.
    — Erik Wasson, Houston Chronicle, 11 July 2020
  • Trump has adamantly denied the allegations in the dossier and has dismissed the FBI probe as a witch hunt.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • History has since proven that this post-plague witch hunt in Geneva wasn’t unique.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Some men say that this moment has created a witch hunt.
    — Marie Claire, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Which makes sense because witchcraft (and witch hunts) are all about power.
    — Wired, 30 Oct. 2019
  • His lawyer cast the trial as a political witch hunt by James.
    — Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Bolsonaro's supporters say the left is driving a witch hunt against him.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Trump briefly addressed the crowd at the dinner, repeating his claim the case is a partisan witch hunt.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 15 June 2023
  • Trump has vigorously denied the allegations in the dossier and has called the FBI probe a witch hunt.
    — Devlin Barrett and Tom Hamburger, sacbee, 5 Jan. 2018
  • And TikTok sleuths tried to solve some grisly killings but wound up sparking an online witch hunt.
    — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • What has been going on here has been nothing less than a partisan witch hunt.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
  • Trump has denied all charges and denounced the probe as a political witch hunt.
    — Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Trump has denied all charges and denounced the probe as a political witch hunt.
    — Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Will Trump be able to spin that as just another Democratic witch hunt?
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Baker said the suit was a witch hunt launched by an opponent because Owens has endorsed him.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, The Courier-Journal, 23 Apr. 2018
  • There is not a scintilla of evidence that a witch hunt exists right now.
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022
  • This -- Gaetz has been describing this as a liberal witch hunt.
    — ABC News, 11 Apr. 2021
  • His loyalty to the U.S. is publicly challenged as the Communist witch hunt rages.
    — USA TODAY, 18 July 2023
  • Moscow condemned the moves, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov calling the treason charges a witch hunt.
    — Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2022
  • The stress caused by the social divisions and trauma of the war led to the single biggest witch hunt in English history, with three hundred accused and over 100 executed.
    — Tabitha Stanmore, TIME, 24 May 2024

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