One who employs rhetoric to gain a goal is basically attempting via brute force to gain an end.
Both sides employed harsh rhetoric at their rallies, denouncing their opponents as practically criminal.
Commonwealth troops also employed rhetoric of "hunting", in regards to their doing battle with Imperial Japanese forces.
In modern times, Democrats have employed conspiratorial rhetoric more frequently than Republicans.
By the early 1990s, some mainstream politicians began employing anti-immigration rhetoric.
While Haider often employed controversial rhetoric, his expressed political goals included small government with more direct democracy rather than centralized totalitarianism.
Throughout the hearings, McCarthy employed colorful rhetoric.
It is not by employing nationalist rhetoric that we shall be able to build the Europe of tomorrow.
While he employed anti-immigration rhetoric, he was neither a radical nationalist nor a defender of traditional authoritarian values.
Throughout the hearings, McCarthy employed colorful rhetoric, but produced no substantial evidence, to support his accusations.