How to Use war effort in a Sentence

war effort

noun
  • About a third were called to reserve duty to join the war effort.
    — Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Many artists canceled their tours and concerts to focus on the war effort.
    — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Thirdly, Ukraine must be better equipped in its war effort on the front lines.
    — Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Her comments served as a reminder of the high stakes for the war effort in this year’s election.
    — Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Among the many tributes her colleagues pay her valiant war effort, there is one that screams from the pages of her book.
    — Bob Kustra, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The program has proved critical in the war effort.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The president lamented the lives lost and money spent on the war effort.
    — Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
  • More than happy to criticize the war effort.
    — CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Veselka has raised over half a million dollars for the war effort in Ukraine.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Many Americans ate horse meat as pork and beef were sent overseas to feed the war effort.
    — Kerry J. Byrne Fox News, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • One was an Afghan who’d helped the American war effort.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Europe has pledged many of its existing tanks to Kyiv's war effort.
    — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Some types of gossip seemed designed to sabotage the home-front war effort.
    — Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
  • So if the home front is holding up as well as can be expected, how about the broader war effort?
    — Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Back in Britain, Lady Anne was ready to do her part for the war effort.
    — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Russia’s war effort and its society have more or less relied on the same well of state cash in the past four years.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 2 July 2026
  • Iran has been a key supplier of attack drones to Russia for its war effort.
    — Arkansas Online, 2 June 2025
  • One of the most important ways was to try not to do anything that would help the Germans in their war effort.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 4 June 2025
  • Oil revenue is crucial for Moscow's war effort.
    — ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Oil revenue is crucial for Moscow’s war effort.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Oil revenue is crucial for Moscow's war effort.
    — Hanna Arhirova The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 13 Mar. 2026
  • During that time, the company produced glider parts for the war effort.
    — Joel Williams, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Vance has since taken care to appear supportive of the president, if less so about the specifics of the war effort.
    — Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Still, the next year, he was rehired for the war effort, not for combat missions this time but other translation work.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
  • Back home, Estelle was contributing to the war effort in her own groundbreaking way.
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Russia, meanwhile, is trying to boost revenues to support its war effort in Ukraine.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Like many aspects of Ukraine’s war effort, Kyiv believes the solution is at home.
    — Justin Ling, WIRED, 19 Feb. 2024
  • This fleet is vital to keep Russia’s economy afloat to fund the ongoing war effort.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 14 Dec. 2025
  • The war caused untold suffering and death; dismantle the war machine, hamper the war effort.
    — Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
  • And saying that the country's war effort must be stopped to protect the Palestinian people.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 May 2024

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