Sentence examples for wars waged for from inspiring English sources

The rapine and massacre of the Thirty Years' War (1618 48) yielded to wars waged for raison d'état, to aggrandize the interests of the ruler and through him the state.

Transparency became paramount with scandals like Watergate and a variety of wars waged for no reason.

The separatist war waged for the past 31 years by the MILF and other Muslim rebels on the Philippine island of Mindanao has caused around 120,000 deaths.

Absurd, yes, but the charge is familiar: the war on terror is a corrupt war waged for oil, in which Americans are the terrorists.

The Yemeni government issued a public apology on Wednesday to southern separatists and northern Shiite Muslim rebels for wars waged against them under the former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh.

His interest had quickened when the real-estate agent told him about high-tech businesses coming to town, bidding wars being waged for prime locations, fancy condos on the way.

(And we haven't even mentioned the weapons industry and the extensive and informal sale of weapons, which cause many of the wars not waged for justice).

There is little doubt there is a war being waged for control of the party's agenda; the signs of the internal hemorrhaging are already showing.

The description continues: "He presents instead an artistic God who often succeeds but can also fail in the face of contrary powers in the universe, with whom war is waged for the souls of humans.

This war was waged for a variety of reasons, chief among which was for Bush to ramp up a wartime economy.

One strategically vital war, waged by Britain for more than a decade, was fought for most of that time in complete secrecy.