internecine

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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 rebel factions have a history of division and internecine fighting.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2024

If the series, based on Thomas Mallon’s 2007 novel, has a singular strength, it’s this willingness to frame the Lavender Scare, and other defining moments in queer history, as a form of internecine conflict.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023

Because both sides are viruses, the results of this internecine war necessarily include something of interest to people: antivirals.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2023

Along the way, there is internecine strife between the gods and some flying Hell’s Angels, the magnificently apocalyptic Valkyries.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall