How to Use prewar in a Sentence

prewar

adjective
  • Prices will rise compared with prewar days to meet this demand.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 30 May 2026
  • Porter’s grand project is now part of a small class of surviving prewar palaces.
    — Robert Khederian, Curbed, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The oil industry could take months to return to its prewar flow.
    — Andrea Sachs The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Ukraine gained on the battlefield but isn’t back to its prewar borders.
    — Karl Rove, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Neither side wants to return to the prewar status quo.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Inflation had sent food prices to 10 times the prewar cost.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Many were unable to return to their prewar hometowns.
    — Susan H. Kamei, The Conversation, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Steinberg’s building is one of the last prewar co-ops to have a private restaurant.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 12 Aug. 2025
  • This week, a study in prewar contrasts in Clinton Hill.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 9 Mar. 2026
  • As an adult, Frank had moved to Atlanta, an odd place for a prewar Jew.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The bathroom has nicely maintained prewar details and a cast-iron tub.
    — Katie McDonough, Curbed, 25 May 2026
  • But that is still far short of Iran’s prewar drone inventory.
    — Mikhail Alexseev, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2026
  • From a French country farmhouse to a prewar city apartment, this quilt is bound to look good in any space.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Traffic through the strait increased in recent days but was still well below prewar levels.
    — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
  • The pet-friendly prewar building has a super, a gym and extra storage.
    — Heather Senison, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • The prewar decline in mortgage rates stirred hopes of a robust spring selling season.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The British pound floated during the war, from its prewar gold parity.
    — Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Despite this stress, sovereign wealth fund deals are still closing along the prewar pattern.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • In one scene, Miller rests unabashedly topless with her friends, a picture of prewar bliss.
    — Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024
  • From the street, the Chatsworth is unmistakably prewar.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 June 2026
  • But after years of research, scholars have drawn a blank on the identity of the prewar owner.
    — Catherine Hickley, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2023
  • And the price of urea fertilizer, which almost doubled in the war's first weeks, is back to its prewar level.
    — David J. Lynch, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2022
  • But these are not enough for a country with a prewar population of about 40 million.
    — Karina Zaiets, USA Today, 24 Dec. 2022
  • That’s the most since the war began, though less than half the prewar daily average of 500.
    — Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
  • But a return to prewar supply and price levels would take months even if oil were to begin flowing through the strait like normal.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
  • Linoleum floors get a chic update in this prewar apartment designed by David Netto.
    — Katy Spratte Joyce, ELLE Decor, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Through the park fence, across Essex Street, and up on the sixth floor of a prewar building hung their small, dim apartment.
    — Literary Hub, 30 June 2025
  • Flows through the Strait of Hormuz remain far below prewar levels.
    — Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The prewar daily average weight of goods on working days was about 7,500 tons.
    — Manuel Canales, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
  • At the same time, India’s total oil imports fell more than 14% from prewar levels.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026

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