Examples of “war” in a Sentence

noun Large-scale armed conflict between countries, groups, or factions.

• The two nations had been at war for nearly a decade.
• Historians still debate what triggered the war.
• My grandfather rarely spoke about his years in the war when we were children.

noun A sustained struggle or campaign against a problem or rival.

• The government launched a war on drug trafficking.
• The charity has declared war on plastic waste in our local rivers.
• Doctors say the war against antibiotic resistance will take decades to win.

verb To engage in armed conflict.

• The two kingdoms warred over the disputed border for years.
• The rival tribes warred for generations before finally agreeing to share the valley.
• In the story, two wizards war against each other across the whole kingdom.