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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
war .
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Examples
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The government/state/political entity with which we warred is dead.
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Norrey's tears stopped as if they had been shut off, and her expression warred between doubt and hope.
The Serpent's Shadow Lackey, Mercedes 2001
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As they got closer, they could see that Ronon's expression warred between pleased and nonplussed, and the younger woman was staring up at him with a mysterious smile on her face.
Wraithbait 2010
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Passion warred with amusement as I watched her wiggle her toes in the thick carpet.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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Tudor warred with Jacobean led into Baroque until the whole place was a hodgepodge of styles and periods.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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Street-survival instinct warred with the gutlevel trust she now oddly possessed.
Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011
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We warred fiercely and valiantly, but I now question the honor in all that if it wiped out a village in the process—which many times it did.
Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011
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When Mayor Daley announced his retirement, much was made around the city of the possibility of a return to the divisive racial politics of the 1980s, when a white faction on the City Council warred with black mayor Harold Washington.
Rahm Emanuel Attacked In Anti-Semitic Flier Jen Sabella 2011
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He once warred on our side hiding the legions of the Light during battles.
Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011
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But now, anger warred with contempt and disappointment.
Crimson Wind Diana Pharaoh Francis 2011
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