How to Use warpath in a Sentence

warpath

noun
Definition of warpathnext
  • In response to the challenge, Musk went on the warpath this morning.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 26 Feb. 2019
  • Arya, Cersei, and Daenerys are on the warpath—but who else will end up in the crossfire?
    — Scott Meslow, GQ, 17 July 2017
  • Ruth, for one thing, is clearly now on the warpath with her shotgun, ready to hunt down Javi and avenge her cousin.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Irma’s on the warpath, debt drama is delayed, and the ECB meeting looms.
    — Sid Verma, Bloomberg.com, 7 Sep. 2017
  • But, six years on soccer’s governing body is on the warpath again.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 12 June 2021
  • In the Netherlanders, however, Bsal was on the warpath.
    — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 19 July 2017
  • As flu season rears its ugly head, humans aren’t the only ones on the virus’ warpath.
    — Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2018
  • Progressive groups also spent the weekend on the warpath.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 17 Sep. 2017
  • The four women found in the most recent discovery are believed to have served as guardians of camp while the tribesmen were out on the warpath.
    — Fox News, 9 Jan. 2020
  • At that time, the Mongolian conqueror Genghis Khan was leading his army on a warpath across Asia.
    — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2020
  • For over a year, official China seems to have been on the warpath against its own tech industry.
    — Anne Stevenson-Yang, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Western went on the warpath last week, putting up 91 points against an overmatched Taravella squad.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, sun-sentinel.com, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The defense sniffs it out and, suddenly, a linebacker blitzes through the A-gap on a warpath to quarterback Joe Flacco.
    — Kyle Fredrickson, The Denver Post, 22 July 2019
  • That’s when my warpath against stupid DIY beauty treatments began.
    — Jessica Cruel, SELF, 19 July 2017
  • An army The buckmoth caterpillar, with its venomous spines, certainly seems on the warpath. Don't touch.
    — NOLA.com, 1 June 2017
  • Her father, whose past includes an affiliation with the N’drangheta, sets out on the warpath for revenge and for blood.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Cohen on the warpath can be funnily vulgar about Trump, but he’s also grown self-righteous about it.
    — Laura Kipnis, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Spurs striker Harry Kane is on the warpath again, having sensed that his top-scoring achievements are under threat.
    — SI.com, 26 Dec. 2017
  • Elon Musk has been on a seemingly permanent warpath against short sellers of Tesla shares.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
  • Central banks on a warpath against inflation have taken rates to levels not seen for more than a decade, with ripple effects on the cost of borrowing.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Cheddar was also the recipient of the previous leaks that appear to have put Snap management on the warpath.
    — David Z. Morris, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Former Fed employees and economists are on the warpath because Shelton is not a member of their tribe and does not worship at their altar.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Governments have been on the warpath against these devices, which have now been implicated in eight deaths and are accused of littering up sidewalks.
    — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Such feelings aren’t less real even if they’re forged in deplorable circumstances—in this case, during a childhood of unpaid labor spent on the literal warpath.
    — Cynthia Greenlee, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Dee should be on the warpath after she was suddenly blindsided and thrown into elimination.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 18 June 2020
  • Portugal's 34-year-old captain is on the warpath, though, helping his side to three valuable qualiyfing points and scoring against a 40th country in his illustrious career.
    — Avi Creditor, SI.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Even a revenge-minded Iran on the cyber warpath, working down its list of high-impact targets, hasn’t really managed to punch its way into the public consciousness.
    — Greg Jefferson, ExpressNews.com, 10 Jan. 2020
  • The rambunctious stray dog who terrorized livestock and ate everything in its warpath practically did all legwork for the author.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 29 Sep. 2021
  • For the last six weeks, McConnell and many other Republicans stayed silent as Trump went on the warpath to overturn the election by lobbing unprecedented challenges against the nation’s voting system.
    — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Among the left-of-center, this puts Reed at odds with just about everyone, which means that there are few more interesting developments in intellectual politics than the news that Adolph Reed is on the warpath.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022

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