How to Use war story in a Sentence
war story
noun- He liked to tell war stories from his life as a sea captain.
- We exchanged war stories about our time as interns at the same company.
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Serve up in a stemmed glass, and garnish with a scowl, or perhaps a war story.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 9 June 2022
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Well, yes, a good day for a hernia doctor to add to his war stories.
—Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
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Gary Gersh isn't the type to tell war stories about his three-decade music career.
—Dave Brooks, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2019
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The poet’s eternal job, assigned by the Greek gods, is to keep this war story alive.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Dec. 2020
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In the decades since, those men have all died, leaving Schab alone with his war stories and his memories.
—Everton Bailey Jr., OregonLive.com, 9 Dec. 2017
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Their love in the face of war story is indeed moving, but a romance movie is only as good as the strength of its leads.
—cleveland, 22 Dec. 2021
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The war stories teachers swap about nightmare parents are the stuff of legend.
—Sarah Chaves, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2023
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There are as many different kinds of war stories as there are people who have been called to fight.
—Lily Rothman, Time, 31 Jan. 2018
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Modesto straight pride is a hot-button culture wars story, writ large.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2019
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The kinds of war stories that bring a little levity and light to the darkness are inspiring.
—Katie Walsh, latimes.com, 12 Apr. 2018
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These anecdotes, such as a grandparent’s old war story, can help in the research process.
—Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2024
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Gears of War is a science-fiction war story that takes place on the fictional planet of Sera.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 7 Nov. 2022
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The night was already turning into a war story, a legend.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2023
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Welp, so much for my war story of being attacked in my driveway by the rabid raccoon nine years ago.
—Pat Myers, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2022
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The narrator likens his abusive childhood to a war story.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 7 June 2021
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Plus, history shows war stories tend to perform well at the Oscars.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2023
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For weeks prior, the looming event had played out in the national press as a hot-button culture wars story, writ large.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2019
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This is a classic war story told simply and well, its meanings not forced but allowed to bubble up on their own.
—New York Times, 14 Feb. 2022
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Many of the runners hung out for several hours, trading war stories, until buses came to take them to the finish line.
—Matt Rocheleau, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2018
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Determined to protect his boss, Shover told him to quietly get rid of his uniforms and to stop telling his fake war stories.
—azcentral, 2 Apr. 2018
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Neil will lead a bourbon tasting and share his personal war stories.
—John S. Matuszak, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2023
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Unlike some of my player/writer war stories, Mayfield’s was caught on tape.
—Terry Pluto, cleveland, 2 Nov. 2019
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Runners greet each other warmly and exchange war stories of past Barkleys.
—David G. Allan, CNN, 26 May 2018
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She is not cursed by a vengeful goddess or demoted to a supporting role in some hero’s war story.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2022
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That war story became a crucial part of the company's culture.
—Scott Andrew, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
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What’s left is a war story devoid of its genre catnip, the sense of heroism and adventure that dominates war films penned by the winning side.
—Lesley Paterson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023
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While the filmmakers clearly got a contact high from hearing all these war stories, most civilians will find a little of this goes a long way.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
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Ever since Homer decided to sort the heroes from the villains at the gates of Troy, the stakes in a war story are always exceptionally high.
—Elliot Ackerman, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2024
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