The word “war” is a noun referring to large-scale armed conflict between nations, states, or groups. It can also be used figuratively to describe struggles, competitions, or intense opposition. Writers use it to explore themes of violence, survival, patriotism, and ideology. The examples below are drawn from authentic works to show how “war” appears in real writing.
Real Sentences for War
When the war broke out he left us, nor did I see him again for some fifteen or sixteen years.
Source: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
20 words, 93 characters
My first recollection of Captain Carter is of the few months he spent at my father’s home in Virginia, just prior to the opening of the civil war.
Source: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
28 words, 146 characters
He told us that he had been prospecting and mining in Arizona part of the time since the war; and that he had been very successful was evidenced by the unlimited amount of money with which he was supplied.
Source: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
39 words, 205 characters
At the close of the Civil War I found myself possessed of several hundred thousand dollars (Confederate) and a captain’s commission in the cavalry arm of an army which no longer existed; the servant of a state which had vanished with the hopes of the South.
Source: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
46 words, 257 characters
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