How to Use nom de guerre in a Sentence

nom de guerre

noun
  • Her name was Simone Segouin, but she was known by her nom de guerre, Nicole.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023
  • He’s better known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Jolani.
    — Mostafa Salem, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Saif al-Adel is his nom de guerre, which translates as Sword of Justice.
    — Tim Lister, CNN, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Utkin was long believed to have founded Wagner and baptized the group with his nom de guerre.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Among the latter was 18-year-old Simone Segouin, who used the nom de guerre Nicole.
    — Phil Davison, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Many of the gravestones in this makeshift cemetery have no full names, only the fighter's nom de guerre, because they were buried in the haste of war.
    — Emily Feng, NPR, 17 May 2026
  • Ulenca said she was handed over to a 24-year-old Tanzanian, whose nom de guerre was Fawzani.
    — Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The space reverberates with the hum of 3D printers—the devices that gave 3D his nom de guerre.
    — WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Ulyanov later would adopt the nom de guerre Lenin (likely derived from the name of a Siberian river, the Lena).
    — Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian, 29 Mar. 2017
  • The reclusive leader al-Baghdadi was known to be close to one of his brothers, known by his nom de guerre Abu Hamza.
    — Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2019
  • One of the most notorious mutilators was a young woman who’d earned the nom de guerre Queen Cut Hands.
    — Janine Di Giovanni, The New York Review of Books, 7 June 2019
  • Because there are only a limited number of those word combinations, finding a unique nom de guerre in Syria is not an easy task.
    — Vera Mironova, Foreign Affairs, 14 July 2017
  • Two months after her capture, Hearst announced her solidarity with her captors, and her new nom de guerre, Tania.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Mike Adams, who goes by the nom de guerre Health Ranger, can politely be described as an antiscience propagandist.
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2010
  • Today Abu Abdullah – his name is a nom de guerre – lays tiles in a northern Jordanian village for $28 a day.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Known better by his nom de guerre Vic Mensa, the 26-year-old has become known as one of the most revolutionary-minded rappers in the game.
    — Kim Kelly, Teen Vogue, 16 Aug. 2019
  • One source who worked in the shipping business described a relationship with a Jaysh al Mahdi commander, who went by the nom de guerre al Mullah.
    — Zack Kopplin, The New Republic, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Little is known about al-Muhajir, who was appointed spokesman in 2016 and is believed to be a foreigner given his nom de guerre, the migrant.
    — Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Trump has met al-Sharaa, who is also known by the nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, three times since returning to the White House.
    — Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 9 Dec. 2025
  • The strike on the Palestinian militia base on Monday killed no one, according to a member of the group using the nom de guerre Abu Ratib.
    — Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Sahidjuan, who uses the nom de guerre Apuh Mike, has been blamed for carrying out ransom kidnappings since the early 1990s.
    — Jim Gomez, Star Tribune, 21 Mar. 2021
  • The captain, who goes by the nom de guerre Zin Yaw, or Seagull, is a 20-year military veteran who deserted in March and now trains opposition forces.
    — David Rising and, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Now, al-Sharaa, who has thrown off his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, made history as the first Syrian president to visit the White House.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Abd–Al-Rahman, also known by the nom de guerre Ali Kushayb, was found guilty on 27 counts, carried out between August 2003 and April 2004.
    — Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz identified the spokesperson as Abu Obeida, the nom de guerre for the person who represented Hamas' Qassam Brigades.
    — Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike the neo-Leninist underground, moreover, dissidents had no desire to revive Bolshevik revolutionary traditions, with their ideological discipline, armed conspiracy, and noms de guerre.
    — Benjamin Nathans september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025

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