Sentence examples for pattern of war from inspiring English sources

It is the age-old pattern of war and peace and then war again.

According to David, an "urbanising pattern of war across the planet" means the US needs to unlearn what it picked up in the mountains of Afghanistan and Iraq, and prepare instead for a new type of fight one in which highly trained jihadists post selfies from Syria with impunity, and cartels flaunt their wealth and violence on Instagram.

According to David, an "urbanising pattern of war across the planet" means the West needs to unlearn what it picked up in the mountains of Afghanistan and Iraq, and prepare instead for a new type of fight – one in which highly-trained jihadists post selfies from Syria with impunity, and cartels flaunt their wealth and violence on Instagram.

Mr. Ford, memorably dynamic yet inward, will explore the cyclical patterns of war and racism in "A Dream Deferred," inspired by the Langston Hughes poem and set to music by Bjork, Marvin Gaye and Nina Simone.

To a certain extent World War II had repeated the pattern of World War I: great initial German military successes, the forging of a large-scale coalition against Germany as the result of German ambitions and behaviour, and the eventual loss of the war because of German overreaching.

Because that moment passed, and now it could follow the pattern of World War I and devolve into boring, static trench warfare where nothing really gamechanging happens while both sides slowly bleed to death.

But last month a spectacular series of events recast the pattern of the war.

The first presidential election, in 1825, was disputed and began a pattern of civil war and bad faith.

That had been the whole pattern of the war along this north coast: the Bermans retreating, blowing up bridges, laying mines, blasting the road with artillery as they retreated, rarely making a stand unless they were sure of taking a heavy toll.

After a brief period of active combat in 2002, the conflict in Côte d'Ivoire settled into a pattern of neither war nor peace until the 2010 elections led to a new phase of direct conflict.

First of all, it follows the typical pattern of American war fiction, leaving the "enemy," the Vietnamese here, completely invisible.