How to Use postwar in a Sentence

postwar

adjective
  • The postwar era brought more triumphs.
    — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The postwar 1950s was all about men.
    — Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Modular homes have come a long way since their postwar roots.
    — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Then there’s the context of postwar Japan.
    — Anthony Paletta, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Yet the postwar suburbs drained the borough.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
  • These are not the people who enjoyed the largesse of the postwar golden age.
    — James Chappel, The New Republic, 15 Nov. 2021
  • The highways were essential to the white flight of the postwar decades.
    — Max Holleran, The New Republic, 25 Apr. 2023
  • But, after a slight postwar dip, output was set to grow strongly.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026
  • Flip-flops blew up in the United States during the postwar boom.
    — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Change in postwar Ireland was a bit like that, except in moral reverse.
    — James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The factory floor built the postwar middle class.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
  • There are good reasons for seeing postwar Korea in this way.
    — Kornel Chang september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Please come give meaning to our postwar existence.
    — Francesco Pacifico, The Dial, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Richter’s market has proved durable even as demand for postwar painting has softened at the top end.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Still, others look forward to a postwar process of renewal and growth.
    — Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The two pictures are among the most recognizable in postwar art.
    — Mark Rozzo, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026
  • Now, the sources of Japan’s postwar strength look like glaring weaknesses.
    — Daniel Tenreiro, National Review, 17 Aug. 2020
  • Xuande grew up in Melbourne, the son of bakers who had fled postwar Vietnam.
    — Brandon Yu, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The two goals could intersect in Netanyahu’s vague plan for a postwar Gaza.
    — Eric Cortellessa/jerusalem, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
  • This pledge boosted morale and provided the template for the postwar welfare state.
    — Adrian Wooldridge, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2025
  • The tomato sauce for pizza toast in Japan’s postwar coffee shops often was ketchup-based.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
  • In the postwar era, thousands of people turned out in the sweltering summer heat to watch women play ball.
    — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The party, which has governed Japan for most of the postwar era, has never had a female leader.
    — New York Times, 3 Sep. 2021
  • That's essentially the same as at this point in 2018, when midterm turnout hit a postwar high.
    — Gary Langer, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Chikin Ramen caught on and later became one of the most prevalent foods in postwar Japan.
    — Alisa Freedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2021
  • This one-bedroom condo was on the fifth floor of a postwar building just north of Turtle Bay.
    — Anna Fixsen, New York Times, 31 July 2025
  • Dozens of older homes, most built during the area’s postwar building boom, were in a state of shocking disrepair.
    — The Conversation, Fortune, 12 June 2026
  • Dozens of older homes, most built during the area’s postwar building boom, were in a state of shocking disrepair.
    — Zac Taylor, The Conversation, 9 June 2026
  • At the time, the suburbs were pushing beyond the first wave of postwar, track-house developments.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Many of them were returned to France through postwar government efforts, but have not been reclaimed.
    — NPR, 20 Oct. 2025

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