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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By focusing on the persistence of private life during wartime, the book widens from an investigation into a kind of communal portrait, literally illustrating the way injustice contorts and is resisted by people, together and alone.
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Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
One story examined characters living through wartime and aftermath.
—Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
When the country shifted from wartime to peacetime, Americans were ready to splurge and soon began spending big on new cars, appliances and clothes.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2025
When combined, the ingredients create a thick and luscious frosting that requires much less butter and sugar, which were both expensive and later rationed during wartime.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025
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Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
One story examined characters living through wartime and aftermath.
—Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
When the country shifted from wartime to peacetime, Americans were ready to splurge and soon began spending big on new cars, appliances and clothes.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2025
When combined, the ingredients create a thick and luscious frosting that requires much less butter and sugar, which were both expensive and later rationed during wartime.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 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 22 Dec. 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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