Interwar is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Interwar in a sentence
Interwar meaning
During or relating to the period of time between two wars, especially the two World Wars (1919–1939).
Using Interwar
- The main meaning on this page is: During or relating to the period of time between two wars, especially the two World Wars (1919–1939).
- In the example corpus, interwar often appears in combinations such as: the interwar, interwar period, interwar years.
Context around Interwar
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 4 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Interwar
- In this selection, "interwar" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, best, period, years and era stand out and add context to how "interwar" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include during the interwar period the and country s interwar elite. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "interwar" sits close to words such as abated, aberrations and activations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with interwar
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Deco emerged from the interwar period when rapid industrialisation was transforming culture. (12 words)
The Geneva Protocol regulates poisonous and asphyxiating to those its interwar framers had experienced. (14 words)
During the interwar period, some settlements in Bauhaus style were realized, often as housing cooperatives. (15 words)
Bear F. Braumoeller argues that even the best case for isolationism, the United States in the interwar period, has been widely misunderstood and that Americans proved willing to fight as soon as they believed a genuine threat existed. (38 words)
During the interwar years, the issue was mainly considered a colonial phenomenon, and the ILO's concern was to establish minimum standards protecting the inhabitants of colonies from the worst abuses committed by economic interests. (35 words)
In interwar Britain, France, and Germany, it was financial support for “”—veterans and those left widowed, orphaned, and disabled by the war—that created the foundations for later universal pensions and child care. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
During this interwar era, a series of prototypes emerged that would not actually see service, but their designs were later used to build future generations of tanks, including fast, mobile tanks.
Even though there were tanks with rotating top-mounted turrets made as early as 1917 (such as France's Renault FT), the configuration didn't become the norm until the interwar period.
In Pevsner's architectural guide to Liverpool, Joseph Sharples describes it as "the masterpiece of Herbert J. Rowse and among the very best interwar classical buildings in the country".
These raids helped lay the foundation of interwar airpower theory, which (at least in the US and the UK) envisioned self-protecting bombers striking enemy targets en masse.
In interwar Britain, France, and Germany, it was financial support for “”—veterans and those left widowed, orphaned, and disabled by the war—that created the foundations for later universal pensions and child care.
The Geneva Protocol regulates poisonous and asphyxiating to those its interwar framers had experienced.
Adapted by Terence Rattigan and Graham Greene from the latter’s 1938 novel, it brilliantly exposes the seedy underside of the resort of Brighton in its interwar heyday.
During the interwar period, the USN used she and her sister Saratoga to develop its carrier doctrine.
Also, before the outbreak of the war, there were about a million radios (see Radio stations in interwar Poland ).
Bear F. Braumoeller argues that even the best case for isolationism, the United States in the interwar period, has been widely misunderstood and that Americans proved willing to fight as soon as they believed a genuine threat existed.
By early 1945, the communists had liquidated, discredited, or driven into exile most of the country's interwar elite.
Deco emerged from the interwar period when rapid industrialisation was transforming culture.
Denmark joined the League of Nations in 1920 and during the interwar period was active in promoting peaceful solutions to international issues.
During the interwar period, some settlements in Bauhaus style were realized, often as housing cooperatives.
During the interwar period the Lithuanian government supported financially Jewish education and religious activities and the Jewish minority remained very active in the social, cultural and scientific fields, economy, law and medicine.
During the interwar years, the issue was mainly considered a colonial phenomenon, and the ILO's concern was to establish minimum standards protecting the inhabitants of colonies from the worst abuses committed by economic interests.
In interwar Germany, for example, much private and corporate debt was effectively wiped out—certainly for those holding fixed interest rate loans.
Interwar era Historian Arthur Marwick sees a radical transformation of British society resulting from the Great War, a deluge that swept away many old attitudes and brought in a more equalitarian society.
Interwar years After winning the Civil War, the Finnish peacetime army was organized as three divisions and a brigade by professional German officers.
Interwar years In September 1918, Tsar Ferdinand abdicated in favour of his son Boris III in order to head off anti-monarchic revolutionary tendencies.
Common combinations with interwar
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the interwar 26×
- interwar period 19×
- interwar years 6×
- in interwar 5×
- interwar era 4×
- interwar poland 3×
- of interwar 2×
- its interwar 2×