often attributive
: a period during which a war is in progress
rationing during wartime
Examples of wartime in a Sentence
Many goods were rationed during wartime.
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Smith’s parents, Johnny Wehner and Catherine Hummel, were both the children of German immigrants, but Smith, writing in wartime, gave Francie an Austrian mother and an Irish father.
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Perri Klass, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
This wartime town, Kangilinnguit, is now a Danish military base.
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
And in documentaries of wartime, sirens were the soundtracks to The Blitz and the bombings of Warsaw and Rotterdam.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 22 Nov. 2024
For both Jews and Palestinians, there is intense pressure to be fully supportive of one’s own people during wartime.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Perri Klass, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
This wartime town, Kangilinnguit, is now a Danish military base.
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
And in documentaries of wartime, sirens were the soundtracks to The Blitz and the bombings of Warsaw and Rotterdam.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 22 Nov. 2024
For both Jews and Palestinians, there is intense pressure to be fully supportive of one’s own people during wartime.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for wartime
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“Wartime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wartime. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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wartime
noun
war·time
ˈwȯ(ə)r-ˌtīm 
: a period when a war is going on
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