Example sentences for: strife

How can you use “strife” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But Arab opposition to new Jewish immigration and construction in Palestine led to increasing strife; by 1946, Jerusalem was an armed camp.

  • It was supposed to have been killed by now, murdered by public backlash, or by the resurgence of R & B, or by its own fratricidal strife.

  • His policy succeeded for a time, but following his abdication in a.d. 305, the empire continued to weaken, harassed by invaders and troubled by internal strife.

  • After the death of Confucius, the Zhou Dynasty entered a period of strife known as the “Warring States” period (475–221 b.c.).

  • Dialect differences can cause strife and disharmony, as can be witnessed in the contemporary dispute over the decision by a California school district to use Ebonics as a vehicle to teach Standard English.


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