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

It is warring against one's own heart to seek comfort in offending what is dearest to it in a moment of ill-humor.

From Old Fritz and the New Era by Langley, Peter