How to Use at war in a Sentence

at war

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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
  • 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 | [email protected], 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
  • Key Background Israel and Hamas have been at war since the militant group attacked Israel last year.
    — Ty Roush, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The two sides are still technically at war, but both governments had long sought the goal of one day reunifying.
    — Gawon Bae, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024

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