How to Use fight in a Sentence

fight

1 of 2 verb
  • He fought like a tiger.
  • They vowed to fight the invaders of their homeland.
  • We were fighting to protect our jobs.
  • When he was young he was always fighting.
  • He and his wife are always fighting over money.
  • Lessig fought the extension all the way to the Supreme Court.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The roles reversed in the second quarter as the Marshals fought to 34-7.
    Ledeai, The Courier-Journal, 19 Aug. 2023
  • To be honest, there are K-pop groups that fight a lot or don’t get along.
    Kristine Kwak, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2023
  • But Reyes came to fight, much like he’s done throughout most of this summer.
    Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The Suns fought to a 21-7 halftime margin at the Wolverines' expense.
    Ledeai, Journal Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Hydration is key to prevent parched strands and to fight frizz.
    Angela Lei, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Two world wars have been fought over borders in Europe.
    Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Mister can’t fight against what he was taught by his father.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2023
  • But while legal battles are fought in the courts, horses keep dying on the tracks.
    Majlie De Puy Kamp, CNN, 10 June 2023
  • The fish put a deep bend in her plug rod and fought doggedly in the backwater slough off the Ohio River in West Virginia.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The attendees were fighting the war that Bradley had lost just a short distance away.
    Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Over a period of months, the crew members fight to keep their ship afloat and themselves alive while adrift at sea.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2023
  • The story & tone fight against each other leaving it a bit muddled.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Iran and Israel have been fighting a shadow war for years, but on April 13, the conflict came into the open.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2024
  • The next clip cuts to Dan fighting an assailant in a grocery aisle with his giggling toddler strapped to his chest.
    Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The shark was being pushed away from the boat, but eventually fought its way back to swimming and banging against it.
    Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 20 June 2023
  • The two leaned on their backgrounds to fight against a racist, macho world that would be better if only more mujeres had a say in it.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • In the circle, McCoy Walsh fought through several jams.
    Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2023
  • Now her allegiance is up in the air, as the siblings fight yet again over the possibility of one of them taking the throne.
    Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 May 2023
  • At one point, six people could be seen fighting along the center median of the highway.
    Greg Norman, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Blume is the civil servant in charge of fighting antisemitsm in the state of Baden-Württemberg.
    Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2024
  • With fewer blazes to fight, state and local crews had more time to work on fuel reduction.
    David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Willis could also be forced to testify in the hearing though her lawyers are fighting to keep her off the witness stand.
    TIME, 15 Feb. 2024
  • For now, while the mud settles, remember the famous words of the late great market strategist Marty Zweig– don’t fight the Fed and don’t fight the tape.
    Bob Haber, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The local chapter of the United Steelworkers Union, which had more than 600 members employed at the refinery, was fighting to get jobs back.
    Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
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fight

2 of 2 noun
  • A fight broke out in the bar.
  • When he was young he was always getting into fights.
  • He got into another fight with his wife about money.
  • To meet them, to hear from them, and to see their fight up close.
    Samantha Barry, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Men from the village ran out to defend them, and a fight ensued.
    Shane Bauer, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The tussle is part of a larger fight over the future of the Sepulveda Basin.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The 2024 fight is in full swing with one challenger seizing the spotlight since the first debate.
    ABC News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Franklin and Charlie Brown have a fight when their derby car falls apart.
    Amy Amatangelo, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
  • But the current fight stems from lawsuits filed to oppose the map drawn after the 2020 census.
    Michael Wines, New York Times, 16 July 2023
  • She is reported to have endured six months of fight training for the role.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The heavy hitters arrived with the final fight of the UFC 292 early prelims, and the crowd is loving it.
    Amin Touri, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The man’s death was unrelated to the fight, officials said in the release.
    Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The primary that April was chaotic, with legal fights over whether to even hold the contest.
    Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 15 June 2023
  • The other suspect punched the victim and, after the fight, the three got off the bus and went separate ways, police said.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The video, which has 5.5 million views, emerges as Stauber continues the fight to delist gray wolves through an act of Congress.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Referee Harvey Dock stopped the fight 2:32 into the ninth round.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Video on social media shows a large fight that broke out in the high school's hallway as dozens of students watched.
    Adam Sabes, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The fight largely broke down along racial lines in a city with a fraught history of racial violence.
    Alta Spells, CNN, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Their protest Tuesday suggests the coalition won't go down without a fight.
    Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
  • Elena is made to feel like her life and dreams are not as important as her mother’s fight.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The attack sparked a fight that was captured on video and shared widely on social media.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The issue of succession is another key point of contention in the proxy fight.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2024
  • With both Charly and Hassan now captive, Griselda decides to make the two fight to the death in hand-to-hand combat.
    Megan McCluskey, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
  • But in his most important fight, against Robeisy Ramirez only two years ago, Nova got knocked out in the fifth round.
    Josh Katzowitz, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The fight over the health department funding had become a stand-in for bigger fights over the direction of the county and the nation.
    Monica Potts, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The notes didn't reference the fight or difficulties at school.
    S. Dev, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Yes indeed-o — that is how ridiculous the fight over the children’s sections of libraries has become.
    Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 29 July 2023
  • The fight broke out at Pride Night in Portland on June 24, and video of the incident went viral online the next day, according to the lawsuit.
    Doha Madani, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The fight, however, is far from over with the court set to hear the case in a few months and a verdict that might not possibly arrive come for a year or more.
    Anthony Trotter, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The firm that aimed to set itself apart from other investors by avoiding big public fights.
    Lauren Thomas, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2023

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