Sentence examples for be on a war from inspiring English sources

"You have to be on a war footing," she said.

Unlike other towns of Kosovo, Vitina still seems to be on a war footing.

If they know you are coming, at least they won't be on a war footing.

Hardest Step: Seeking Help The country seems to be on a war footing now, and in wartime there are casualties.

The senators said that although the country should be on a war footing, it has become complacent about terrorism.

At the time, the A.F.L.-C.I.O.'s president, John J. Sweeney, told union leaders that labor needed to be on a "war footing".

The gloom-and-doomers are right to suggest that we need to be on a war-footing when it comes to global warming.

"We're on a war footing," he said.

And we've been on a war ever since.

At any rate, the Fourth is on a war footing.

ALL year, it seems, Malaysia has been on a war footing.