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How to use the word damocles in a Sentence?

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What the Respondents really seek is to hold a Sword of Damocles over Pastor Moore during this execution.

– Seth Kretzer

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I've never encountered a situation like this, i felt like there was a sword of Damocles over me for the year.

– David Vigilante

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We will have the sword of Damocles hanging over us until the election next November.

– Andres Rozental

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Mexico is weak economically and it's always going to be vulnerable if the United States is willing to use economic policy to enforce national security policy, there's no doubt this leaves a Damocles sword hanging over Lopez Obrador's head.

– Carlos Pascual

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

There's no doubt this leaves a Damocles sword hanging over Lopez Obrador's head.

– Carlos Pascual

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

A lot of folks think that impeachment is this mechanical process and that when the president commits high crimes and misdemeanors, [ it ] just falls out of the sky like some kind of sword of Damocles, i'm here to tell you that it doesn't. Congress has to decide whether impeachment is the right move.

– Josh Matz

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We are happy to negotiate, but it mustn't be under a sword of Damocles.

– Angela Merkel

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Having a sword of Damocles having over Assad's head is not necessarily a bad thing.

– Andrew Tabler

Found on CNN
7 years ago

We need to find an equitable sharing of the risk of the Finland project, which is a sword of Damocles that has weighed on the group for a long time and which can compromise any future scenario.

– Philippe Varin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It was done with the sword of Damocles hanging over them.

– Rafael Molina

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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