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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That’s because the town sits next to the actual Fontana Dam, an emergency wartime project constructed during World War II.
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Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
And the noticeable dips also don’t come for the generations of players who would be expecting to play their peak years for England during wartime either — note the lack of games in the 1940s in the earlier graph.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Trump cannot use the Alien Enemies Act, an 18th-century wartime law, to quickly deport a group of Venezuelans, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 3 Sep. 2025
These bodies are essential to maintaining checks and balances, especially in wartime.
—Daria Kaleniuk, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2025
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Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
And the noticeable dips also don’t come for the generations of players who would be expecting to play their peak years for England during wartime either — note the lack of games in the 1940s in the earlier graph.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Trump cannot use the Alien Enemies Act, an 18th-century wartime law, to quickly deport a group of Venezuelans, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 3 Sep. 2025
These bodies are essential to maintaining checks and balances, especially in wartime.
—Daria Kaleniuk, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2025
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 18 Sep. 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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