Sentence examples for war occupied from inspiring English sources

The ethnically Polish district was ruled by Poland before the war ("occupied", say the Lithuanians).

When Singapore was ruled by the British — or, during the Second World War, occupied by the Japanese — corruption prevailed.

A rather comfortable social climate developed in the 17th century: the wars of religion had quieted in France and the Low Countries, though civil war occupied Britain in the middle of the century.

During the First World War, the Viennese writer Zweig (1881-1942) — a vehement anti-nationalist and pacifist opponent of the war — occupied a post with the War Archives, and he accepted a mission to collect proclamations issued near the front.

However, Netanyahu says he will not give up East Jerusalem, which Israel captured in the 1967 war, occupied and later annexed ‑ a move not recognised by the international community.

The taxi was taking me to a rally of Ivory Coast's Young Patriots, a coterie of young men paid by the government to stir up nationalistic feelings against the rebels, who, soon after starting the civil war, occupied the north of the country.

After the war, occupying Brits staged boxing matches.

Early in the war, occupying Italian authorities provided protection to his family.

And yet the Persian Gulf war occupies a more complex place in military history than the hagiography suggests.

Both buildings were constructed by the Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks, with the United States Department of War occupying the Munitions Building.

Perils accompanying the French revolutionary wars occupied Washington's attention, as well as that of his three immediate successors.