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.
• The U.S. and Germany fought in World Wars I and II.
• The U.S. fought Germany in World Wars I and II.
• 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

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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

Last Updated: 2 May 2024