The war in Europe was rapidly drawing to a close.

And I was there again, briefly, as the war drew to its close.

Roughly around the same time, the war in Europe drew to an end.

Now, after four decades, the cold war is drawing to a close, and containment could be said to have worked.

Meanwhile, however, the civil war in France was drawing to a close.

Numbers rapidly increased as the war drew to a close in May 1945.

The war in the former Yugoslavia is drawing further offers of help for its victims.

As the war drew to a close, the base began a rapid decline.

As the war draws to its end in 1918, the Germans are suffering.

As the war drew to an end, the government considered the future of opera in Britain.