Warred is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Warred meaning
simple past and past participle of war
Using Warred
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of war
- In the example corpus, warred often appears in combinations such as: warred with, warred against.
Context around Warred
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 6 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Warred
- In this selection, "warred" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, strimling, constantly, periodically, openly, upon and incessantly stand out and add context to how "warred" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after strimling warred with jon and and arapaho warred with the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "warred" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with warred
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ryan said she feels “warred upon” by the White House. (10 words)
These barangays warred, made peace, traded and had relations with each other. (12 words)
Some anthropologists have speculated these chiefdoms would have warred and, in times of peace, exchanged women with each other. (19 words)
The councilor was one of the relatively few elected officials in the city who backed the mayor in his failed 2019 reelection race after Strimling warred with Jon Jennings, who was the city manager then. (35 words)
There were no conflicts between the British and the Saxons for a time, but following "a dispute about the supply of provisions" the Saxons warred against the British and severely damaged parts of the country. (35 words)
His grandmother raised him on myths and he lived like a modern-day Greek hero, wielding his shotgun and whistling in the streets as he warred against his enemies with the fury of Achilles. (34 words)
Example sentences (13)
The councilor was one of the relatively few elected officials in the city who backed the mayor in his failed 2019 reelection race after Strimling warred with Jon Jennings, who was the city manager then.
His grandmother raised him on myths and he lived like a modern-day Greek hero, wielding his shotgun and whistling in the streets as he warred against his enemies with the fury of Achilles.
The two lovers lived in separate cities which constantly warred with each other, spurring this Romeo and Juliet-style couple to literally move mountains to see each other.
As America has periodically warred openly or covertly with Iraq, Iran and Syria, it has supported Kurdish revolts in their territory.
Experience and instinct warred for protection against blame for what he saw; that which led to events taking an unexpected sinister turn.
Ryan said she feels “warred upon” by the White House.
Afterwards, the people of Madja-as often raided the port cities of southern China and warred with the Chinese navy.
For generations, scholars warred incessantly over 'the justice of Zeus,' unintentionally blurring it with a monotheism imported from Judeo-Christian thought.
In the southern portion of their territory the Cheyenne and Arapaho warred with the allied Comanche, Kiowa, and Plains Apache.
Some anthropologists have speculated these chiefdoms would have warred and, in times of peace, exchanged women with each other.
The Osage warred with Caddo -speaking Native Americans, displacing them in turn by the mid-18th century and dominating their new historical territories.
There were no conflicts between the British and the Saxons for a time, but following "a dispute about the supply of provisions" the Saxons warred against the British and severely damaged parts of the country.
These barangays warred, made peace, traded and had relations with each other.
Common combinations with warred
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: