war
noun
a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
is warring
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present progressiveof war (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But the return of “Top Gun” when the world is warring, burning and slaughtering amid shortages, inflation and planetary despair, seems poetic if not providential.
From Washington Post ● May 20, 2022
Louisa Jacobson stars as a young woman who leaves the country for New York City and life with her old-money aunts — one of whom is warring with a new-money tycoon.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2022
What is warring in him is so intense — intellectual, philosophical, little boy and all the other things Hamlet is.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2015
"King Robb is warring, my lord," Catelyn replied with icy courtesy, "not playing at tourney."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
He is warring, in some desultory manner, in China, and for aught I know he may be about to do it in Japan.
From Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1 by John Bright
