How to Use at war in a Sentence

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• So, his brain and his body are always at war in some way.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Sep. 2023
• Israel is at war with Hamas, not with the people of Gaza.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2024
• In addition to Ukraine being at war, the whales were not in the best shape.
  — Julia Daye, Miami Herald, 20 June 2024
• Israel is at war with Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Aug. 2024
• Those were the two opposites that are at war in the entire film.
  — CNN, 13 Feb. 2023
• And that was in a year in which there was no recession and the nation wasn’t at war.
  — Chicago Tribune Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2024
• As a young man at war, Kiniry kept a list of his outfit’s movements.
  — Esther Castillejo, ABC News, 6 June 2024
• At one point, Haddish spoke in a sing-song way about her trip to a country at war.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
• But this time around, with Syria at war, the best or only option would be the sea.
  — Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2024
• Former coffee boss Howard Schultz was at war with his rank and file over the creation of a union in 2021.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2023
• The prince, who took the stand on Tuesday, has been at war with the raucous, freewheeling press for years.
  — Stephen Castle, New York Times, 6 June 2023
• Within the week, Germany was also at war with France and Great Britain.
  — Abigail Denault, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2024
• The fact that Ukraine is still at war makes its case more complicated.
  — Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
• No one has ever looked back at war and thought a bombing campaign was a good idea.
  — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
• Back in 1980, Iran and Iraq were at war and the Soviets had invaded Afghanistan.
  — Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
• Subtract is at war with the tendency to smother a record in the stuff most people would want to hear.
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 May 2023
• Subtract is at war with the tendency to smother a record in the stuff most people would want to hear.
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 May 2023
• One of the main storylines of Vala is passion at war with reason.
  — Brittanie Shey, Chron, 11 Apr. 2023
• Trump had been at war with CNN since 2016 and had not appeared for an interview since.
  — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
• In this sharp program, City Ballet presents two ways of looking at war.
  — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• That seems to be a position that is at war with the whole thrust of the 14th Amendment and very ahistorical.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2024
• But the United States is not at war with a neighboring country.
  — Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 15 Aug. 2024
• The two nations are still technically at war and have been since an armistice marked the end of the Korean War in 1953.
  — Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
• Ukraine has been at war with Russia since the latter invaded Ukraine back in 2022.
  — Zach Halaschak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Jan. 2025
• The group is now at war with the Taliban government in Afghanistan, which puts it under pressure.
  — Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 25 Mar. 2024
• Your needs may be at war with their independence while Mars conjoins the North Node.
  — USA TODAY, 19 May 2024
• This time last year, Auburn football entered fall camp at war with itself.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 2 Aug. 2023
• Japan spread a similar sort of rule throughout Asia, and before long the United States was at war.
  — Adam Hochschild, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023
• In that case, European nations would be at war with Russia.
  — Thomas Wright, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2025
• Still, the 1798 law allows the president to deport any noncitizen from a country with which the U.S. is at war, and it has been mentioned by Trump as a possible tool to speed up his mass deportations.
  — Will Weissert and Valerie Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025

Last Updated: 25 Mar 2025