fight
[faɪt]
Definition:
1. The act of fighting; any contest or struggle.
2. An intense verbal dispute.
3. A boxing match.
4. Make a strenuous or labored effort.
'fight' example sentence:
- They had no stomach for a fight.
- It is time to fight back against street crime.
- Fighting broke out in three districts of the city last night.
- Did you have a fight with him?
- Come on, you two, fight fair!
- I'm determined to fight the case.
- If I were a young man I would sooner go to prison than fight for this country.
- We had a fight over money.
- Years of fighting have left the area in ruins.
- In the fight for Lemburg, the Austrians were defeated.
- Don't let them bully you. Fight back!
- He's still fighting for compensation after the accident.
- Graduates have to fight for jobs in a highly competitive market.
- Workers are fighting the decision to close the factory.
- He was very badly cut up in the fight.
- She could create a fight out of anything.
- Around 10 000 people have been displaced by the fighting.
- She committed herself body and soul to fighting for the cause.
- The referee stopped the fight.
- She'll fight like a tiger to protect her children.
- Their attitude only strengthened his resolve to fight on.
- I had to fight my way through the milling crowd.
- They gave up without a fight.
- The election was a straight fight between the two main parties.
- He is decisive and won't shrink from a fight.
- Workers won their fight to stop compulsory redundancies.
- My father did leave his university to fight the Germans.
- Police were called in to break up the fight.
- I was very angry and ready for a fight.
- The fight only lasted five rounds.
- All the fight seemed to go out of him.
- The crowd was itching for a fight.
- They'll continue to fight injustice.
- He was scarred for life during a fight.
- We will fight for as long as it takes.
- Some people tried to stop the fight but I didn't want to get involved.
- We all have a part to play in the fight against crime.
- He got into a fist fight in the bar.
- She helped him fight his drug addiction.
- Local people banded together to fight the drug dealers.
- Education is the only weapon to fight the spread of the disease.
- Doctors fear he may never fight again.
- What we want from the management is fighting talk.
- The new policy shifted the emphasis away from fighting inflation.
- Police tried to separate the two men who were fighting.
- The new district attorney has promised to fight police corruption.
- There was heavy fighting in the capital last night.
- He had no wish to start a fight.
- We need to fight this barbarian attitude to science.
- He broke his nose in the fight.
- The residents are fighting tooth and nail to stop the new development.
- The team put up a good fight but were finally beaten.
- They are fighting to save what is left of their business.
- Each company is fighting to protect its own commercial interests.
- The move is a means to fight crime.