internecine

Example Sentences

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Afghanistan’s internecine bloodshed has an epiphanic effect on the author: “When death stalks every door,” she writes in a burst of originality, “the only antidote is to live.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

The 97th Academy Awards arrive Sunday after a film season full of wild momentum swings, online trolling and internecine whisper campaigns.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2025

For the first time, Cox and Pope both saw that the internecine battle appeared coordinated.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2024

Dr Hutcheson said "we don't have the answers", but it could be that East Anglia lacked the "smaller scale internecine fighting that meant you needed almost permanent residence" in the fort.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2024

“The greatest single factor in preventing insects from overwhelming the rest of the world is the internecine warfare which they carry out among themselves,” said the entomologist Robert Metcalf.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson