How to Use at war in a Sentence

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• The laws embargoed trade with any nation at war and did not distinguish between democracies and dictatorships, aggressors and victims.
  — Cyrus Veeser / Made By History, TIME, 10 Sep. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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 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
• That part of me who loves all things extra is at war with the part of me that doesn’t always have time to make everything extra.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
• After all he the first Prime Minister to come to power while the country was at war since the Korean War.
  — Zenger News, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Korea is still at war, North and South, legally, but there is an armistice and a divided country.
  — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 19 July 2024
• Arab powers in the region rejected the decision and not long after were at war with the new state of Israel.
  — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
• In The Return, a soldier comes home after being away for many years at war, looking haggard and exhausted.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024