How to Use fight off in a Sentence

fight off

phrasal verb
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  • This shocking video shows a Chick-fil-A worker fight off a gunman.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2024
  • As a result, more immune cells circulate in the blood, which can then fight off the infectious agents.
    — Desireé Oostland, Vogue, 29 July 2024
  • As one of the men raped her the other fought off her 34-year-old boyfriend, who tried to intervene, striking him with an object, cops said.
    — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Veliz had seen it many times before, where accident victims suddenly, subconsciously, started fighting off the people there to assist them.
    — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
  • This is the brain’s way of telling our body to be on high alert to fight off danger.
    — Discover Magazine, 20 May 2024
  • Shepherd, who was four months pregnant, tried to fight off the man.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
  • White Hall fought off a pair of set points but couldn’t avoid going behind 2-1 in the match.
    — Tanner Spearman, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Judy and her babysitter must fight off the evil spirits and try not to get possessed.
    — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The two fight off enemies who try and fail to prevent them from getting to the vault.
    — Vulture, 8 July 2023
  • Standing in front of them, Martinez fought off a twinge of panic and started mouthing the words along with them.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2023
  • The runs helped the Royals fight off a late Athletics comeback.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2024
  • The story goes that my grandmother helped fight off the bandits.
    — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Now in 2024 he’s once again brought in the state’s best players in West and Scott, fighting off the Buckeyes’ biggest rival in the process.
    — Stephen Means, cleveland, 30 July 2023
  • The woman was able to fight off the suspect and escape, deputies said, adding that the suspect fled on the trail toward Sebastopol.
    — Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 27 June 2024
  • He was placed on antibiotics to fight off the infection.
    — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Serving at 5-6, Muchova began the game with a double fault and had to fight off four more match points to stay alive.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
  • They’re known for fighting off large predators that threaten calves.
    — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 15 June 2023
  • The Gladiators fought off the Gators’ comeback attempt in the bottom half to preserve a 6-4 win.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Swollen glands near your neck may be a sign that your body is fighting off bacteria or viruses.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 30 June 2023
  • Some of them are what's going on at the level of the immune system and helping amp up the immune system to fight off the cancer.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Along with the help of some friends, Shaun fights off the invading zombies, while trying to keep his family safe.
    — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The chain has also been fighting off a wave of unionization efforts.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
  • In the premiere, Torres fights off a cell block’s worth of angry Russians and then ends up slightly shivved.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2024
  • As a result, their immune systems learned how to recognize and fight off the cancer cells.
    — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 16 May 2023
  • The ants will fight off beneficial insects to make sure the aphids keep producing.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
  • My old racetrack friend Eli Gold is back in the booth in Tuscaloosa after an unthinkable year fighting off cancer and death.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Jenner then fought off a check by Rutta and put a one-handed backhand shot on net that got past Sharks goalie Kaapo Kahkonen.
    — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2024
  • But there are nowhere nearly enough of those cells to effectively fight off cancer cells.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Together, the duo try to fight off Death, which is embodied by a talking bird (Arinzé Kene).
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 June 2024
  • The audience sees Alba wielding a blade and fighting off a man with a chainsaw, among other badass moves.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 21 May 2024

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