How to Use wartime in a Sentence
wartime
noun- Many goods were rationed during wartime.
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Bill had not served during wartime, but the battle metaphors still came easy.
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Tiffany Stanley,
Washington Post,
3 Nov. 2021
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In the past, when there were such problems, like wartime, it has been canceled.
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Tom Schad,
USA TODAY,
29 Apr. 2020
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Over the past two weeks, some have learned that their conclusions are of less use in wartime.
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Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
8 Mar. 2022
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Another was that a child had to have been killed during wartime.
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John Kelly,
Washington Post,
15 Aug. 2020
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Harsh wartime winters have also taken a toll.
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Derek Gatopoulos,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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The Supreme Court has upheld past uses of that law in wartime.
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Jonathan Swan,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2023
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Russians have been known to have a high capacity for pain in wartime.
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Fareed Zakaria,
CNN,
24 Feb. 2023
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Even in wartime, the music plays—and who can listen to rumba without a beer?
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The Economist,
21 Apr. 2018
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Airlift is fast, but relies on airfields that in wartime would need to be captured first.
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Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
27 May 2022
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There’s a sense of wartime in the background, and a sense of inevitability.
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Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2023
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The Olympics have been canceled only three times, all during wartime.
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Yuri Kageyama and Mari Yamaguchi,
Houston Chronicle,
3 Mar. 2020
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States also had militias that could be called up by the president to pad out the army in wartime.
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Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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The current crisis does not approach the upheaval of wartime.
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Miriam Berger,
Washington Post,
13 Apr. 2020
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In wartime, the instinct to hold the line is understandable.
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Mohammed R. Mhawish,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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In 1945, wartime restrictions forced it to be pushed back by one month.
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Alaa Elassar,
CNN,
2 May 2020
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Rules for soldier conduct in wartime then fell under the Lieber Code.
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David Reamer,
Anchorage Daily News,
19 Oct. 2020
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Australia has long fought beside the United States in wartime.
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Marc A. Thiessen,
Washington Post,
8 July 2024
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That's an investment scale usually seen in wartime.
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Steven Wolfe Pereira,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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In wartime, shipping is banned, and the vast grain containers now stand next to the boatless river.
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Washington Post,
5 Feb. 2024
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Print jobs for the state government kept the presses going during wartime.
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Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Sep. 2025
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In wartime, some of the pilots in the competition were heroes.
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Andrea Pitzer,
Washington Post,
29 Nov. 2022
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And what of the government’s power to compel service in wartime?
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al,
11 Sep. 2021
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Life during wartime will make what came before seem positively calm.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
16 Aug. 2025
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That wartime deal enabled Ukraine’s exports to reach many countries facing the threat of hunger.
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Susie Blann,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Aug. 2023
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That wartime deal enabled Ukraine's exports to reach many countries facing the threat of hunger.
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Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
Arkansas Online,
24 Aug. 2023
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These figures are rough estimates made quickly during wartime and should be taken with a grain of salt.
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Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
13 Mar. 2026
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One of the reasons to close the borders in wartime is to keep conscription-age men inside the country.
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Howard Amos,
The New Republic,
4 Mar. 2022
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With so much at stake, Netanyahu’s health in wartime is a concern for both Israelis and the wider world.
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Tia Goldenberg,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Dec. 2024
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The book in wartime is a vast subject, and Pettegree wisely restricts his scope.
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Claudia Roth Pierpont,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2024
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