Sentence examples for war marking from inspiring English sources

CAMP VICTORY, Iraq — As the United States prepared to turn over this optimistically named military base to Iraq, leaders of both countries held a solemn commemoration here on Thursday of the sacrifices of American and Iraqi troops during eight years of war, marking the moment in a garish marble palace built by Saddam Hussein.

GENEVA — At least 15 countries have agreed to set up special quotas for fugitives fleeing Syria's civil war, marking a shift in international thinking about how to deal with the world's biggest humanitarian crisis, the head of the United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday.

Over Fry's strenuous objections, the end of the war marked the end of the agency.

The Spanish Civil War marked a break in the development of the arts.

It was the last massacre of a war marked by casual viciousness.

The Vietnam War marked a reckoning for the United States; a legacy of poison and denial remains.

A hollow triumph; the Boer war marked the beginning of the end of empire.

Nash's experience during the first world war marked him physically and psychologically.

For the pilots and mission planners, the Iraq war marked a culture change.

The end of the war marked the decline of military high-technology aircraft and the rise of civil air transportation.

The war marked the end of French hegemony in continental Europe and resulted in the creation of a unified Germany.