Examples of World War II in a Sentence
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After World War II, Dickies took the brand international, introducing its work wear line into the European market.
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2024
Her success caught the attention of Tupperware, and then of women across America who had gotten a taste of the working life during World War II but had been displaced from their wartime jobs by men returning from military service.
—Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024
Smith was her predecessor on the show and a member in good standing of the old boys’ club, part of the fabled team of CBS World War II correspondents known as the Murrow Boys.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
Close elections in 1948, 1960 and 1968 helped revive federal interest in changing the Electoral College following World War II.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2024
Her new book, Chamber Divers, is about research conducted by scientists at UCL before and during World War II — including protocols for operating the miniature submarines used on scouting missions in advance of D-Day.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
Having been largely flattened by the Luftwaffe during World War II, Bodø’s rationalist post-war rebuild is visible in the boxy buildings that line the shores and a skyline punctuated by the angular 1950s cathedral.
—Ben Olsen, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Apr. 2024
But the real obsession with prehistory began after World War II, when the collapse of Nazi Germany breathed life into three conflicting social goals that influenced public intellectuals.
—Stefanos Geroulanos, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2024
Thousands of wallet-sized copies were distributed to American soldiers during World War II.
—John Blake, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2024
Her success caught the attention of Tupperware, and then of women across America who had gotten a taste of the working life during World War II but had been displaced from their wartime jobs by men returning from military service.
—Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024
Smith was her predecessor on the show and a member in good standing of the old boys’ club, part of the fabled team of CBS World War II correspondents known as the Murrow Boys.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
Close elections in 1948, 1960 and 1968 helped revive federal interest in changing the Electoral College following World War II.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2024
Her new book, Chamber Divers, is about research conducted by scientists at UCL before and during World War II — including protocols for operating the miniature submarines used on scouting missions in advance of D-Day.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
Having been largely flattened by the Luftwaffe during World War II, Bodø’s rationalist post-war rebuild is visible in the boxy buildings that line the shores and a skyline punctuated by the angular 1950s cathedral.
—Ben Olsen, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Apr. 2024
But the real obsession with prehistory began after World War II, when the collapse of Nazi Germany breathed life into three conflicting social goals that influenced public intellectuals.
—Stefanos Geroulanos, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2024
Thousands of wallet-sized copies were distributed to American soldiers during World War II.
—John Blake, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
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