Sentence examples for sharp war from inspiring English sources

After Sergey Karjakin v Magnus Carlsen the next bout was Karjakin v Garry Kasparov in a sharp war of words.

The hope in Berlin was for a short, sharp war between the two, while Germany kept the other powers at bay.

A short sharp war ended in the total defeat of Lobengula and led to his death shortly thereafter, and pioneers streamed into Matabeleland.

This was sealed by the Turks in 1993 in solidarity with their Azeri cousins during Azerbaijan's short, sharp war with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, a mainly Armenian enclave of Azerbaijan (which Armenia won .Turkey had earlier insisted that it would not reopen the border until Armenia and Azerbaijan had made peace.

As tensions remain strained between the US and China, the Pentagon has hastily played down remarks by a senior navy intelligence officer that Beijing might be preparing its forces for a "short, sharp" war with Japan in the East China Sea.

We witnessed the massive amphibious and cross military region exercise, Mission Action 2013, and concluded that the PLA [People's Liberation Army] has been given a new task: to be able to conduct a short, sharp war to destroy Japanese forces in the East China Sea," he said.

Sharp wars are brief".

Rulers of great powers in decline often seek short, sharp wars to restore their prestige.

If so, then big tanks would hardly have time to trundle out of their depots, let alone get to the front line, before the battle was over.In fact, few people believe that very short, very sharp wars conducted with screens and buttons are the only kind that defence planners need to consider.

STAMFORD "Two Who Dared: The Sharps' War," documentary by Artemis Joukowsky III.

STAMFORD Unitarian Universalist Society in Stamford "Two Who Dared: The Sharps' War," documentary by Artemis Joukowsky III.