How to Use psychological warfare in a Sentence

psychological warfare

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  • Dead behind the eyes, hair gelled to the gods, just munching away in an act of psychological warfare.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The episode even begins with a bit of psychological warfare, which is always welcome on this show.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2024
  • These videos are key to the psychological warfare that underpins this flare-up.
    — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 16 Oct. 2023
  • It’s not meant to be as extreme as psychological warfare, right?
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The Army’s psychological warfare soldiers are using their brand of mental combat to bring in what the service needs: recruits.
    — Lolita C. Baldor, Fortune, 3 May 2024
  • They are given just over a year to prepare before Terrance returns to begin Junior’s pre-mission tests, which begin to creep into a kind of psychological warfare.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Further revelations that the US had supplied Nicaraguan death squads with psychological warfare guides would not help that public relations problem.
    — Justin Ling, WIRED, 1 Feb. 2024
  • By posting footage of the assault on its Telegram page, Hamas magnified the psychological warfare against Israelis and glorified the killing rampage for its online audience of supporters.
    — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023
  • But Adonis’ latest melee isn’t just a physical one; this match is also intense emotional and psychological warfare.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Along with the documentation of material destruction and displacement, the movie is a record of psychological warfare, of the effort to demolish morale, suppress energy, break will.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Israel has criticized videos like this as psychological warfare.
    — Aurora Almendral, NBC News, 24 Apr. 2024
  • As the operation unfolded, Ukrainian soldiers posted video of themselves in front of village signs before vanishing, part of a parallel campaign of psychological warfare.
    — Tim Lister, CNN, 17 Aug. 2024
  • All in all, Miranda engaging in psychological warfare and sloppy catfighting with Larry over creative control of Fatwa!
    — Larry Fitzmaurice, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The host Jesse Watters suggested the superstar was a Defense Department asset engaging in psychological warfare.
    — Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Blaring propaganda, world news and K-pop music, South Korea’s broadcasts are considered by military officials and activists as an effective form of psychological warfare.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 21 July 2024
  • The animosity has been exacerbated by Cold War-style psychological warfare campaigns between the Koreas in recent months.
    — Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Seoul rejected it as low-level psychological warfare, but ignoring it could be a justification for further North Korean provocation.
    — Sue Mi Terry, Foreign Affairs, 30 Jan. 2024
  • And that's because traditional girl bullying is psychological warfare, and traditional boy bullying is physical warfare.
    — Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Unlike conventional warfare that usually aims to capture territory or degrade military capabilities, terrorism is a form of psychological warfare that aims to terrify.
    — TIME, 16 Oct. 2023

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