How to Use witch hunt in a Sentence

witch hunt

noun
  • He was the victim of a congressional witch hunt against Communists.
  • Keep your cool to avoid fueling a witch hunt.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
  • In the other are the players who view the whole thing as a witch hunt.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Justice will be done but there will be no witch hunt, the minister said.
    — Abdoulie John, The Seattle Times, 15 Oct. 2018
  • Which makes sense because witchcraft (and witch hunts) are all about power.
    — Wired, 30 Oct. 2019
  • What has been going on here has been nothing less than a partisan witch hunt.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
  • Bolsonaro's supporters say the left is driving a witch hunt against him.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 21 Oct. 2021
  • History has since proven that this post-plague witch hunt in Geneva wasn’t unique.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 27 Oct. 2022
  • There is not a scintilla of evidence that a witch hunt exists right now.
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022
  • It is commonly regarded as a witch hunt.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
  • His lawyer cast the trial as a political witch hunt by James.
    — Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Trump called the investigation into the call a witch hunt and a hoax.
    — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2022
  • This is a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time.
    — Stacey Dec, ABC News, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Shauna, furious, leads a witch hunt into the woods to find him with Mari as guide.
    — Esther Zuckerman, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
  • This isn't a witch hunt, targeting Halperin for all the sins of our industry.
    — Lara Setrakian, Alaska Dispatch News, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the treason charges a witch hunt.
    — Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2022
  • This -- Gaetz has been describing this as a liberal witch hunt.
    — ABC News, 11 Apr. 2021
  • Perhaps Formosus was just the victim of a witch hunt.
    — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Just a continuation of the witch hunt.
    — Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 24 July 2025
  • 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 president-elect has pleaded not guilty and has said the case is part of a political witch hunt.
    — Matthew Impelli, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
  • This was a personal witch hunt by a wealthy family who didn’t like their son being removed from a game.
    — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Trump’s claims that they are engaged in a partisan witch hunt intended to destroy him.
    — Glenn Thrush, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • This is not a witch hunt, and the committee had no political agenda.
    — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Fox News, 29 May 2018
  • All the while, Ren is on a witch hunt trying to stop anyone using The Force.
    — Adam Schubak, Popular Mechanics, 12 Apr. 2019
  • Trump has denied all charges and denounced Smith's probe as a political witch hunt.
    — Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 11 July 2023
  • 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
  • The former president had pleaded not guilty and has said the case was part of a political witch hunt.
    — Sean O'Driscoll, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The stench of a politically motivated witch hunt is in the air.
    — Rebecca Ballhaus, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2018

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