war story

noun

1. an account or anecdote concerning one's personal experiences, especially in military combat, during a war.

2. Informal.,  a story about hardships, ordeals, or adventures one has undergone.

Word History and Origins

Origin of war story¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

But it’s Alvin, engineer and historical enthusiast, who distinguishes that “every war story was a systems story, usually one of a breakdown. Intentions were always good; decisions made at scale.”

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“I can tell you my whole war story in one word: Fear,” he said.

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But if any book was going to be adapted, it was going to be this one, because the way that people understand it is that it’s a Vietnam War story.

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Phillips, a West Virginia native who often sets her books in her home state, sees “Night Watch” as the third of a trilogy of novels about war, following the Vietnam-era narrative “Machine Dreams” and the Korean War story “Lark & Termite,” which draws in part on a Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press investigation into the No Gun Ri massacre.

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“Everyone has their war story,” said 29-year-old Kharkiv entrepreneur Dmytro Kabenets, who runs a chain of coffeehouses called Makers, a name he says is meant to evoke not only the creation of caffeinated beverages, but also of community.

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