Examples of fistfight in a Sentence
A fistfight broke out in the stands.
He often gets into fistfights.
Recent Examples on the Web
That job environment is no picnic, given volatile students who can go from bantering to insults to fistfights in a flash.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
Only slightly less reliant on anything-for-a-laugh gags than 1995's Billy Madison (there's still room for a cursed alligator and a fistfight with game show host Bob Barker), Happy Gilmore introduces shades of the sweetness warring with the typical Sandler character's boorish clowning.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2023
The wild melee on March 1 started as an argument between two students that quickly escalated into a fistfight, which drew the attention of other students and adults.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2024
Armed gangs are taking over the streets of Gaza City, fistfights and stabbings are commonplace in long queues for food, and the occasional aid trucks that arrive must brave mobs of looters.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2024
But Allison's brother, fellow driver Bobby Allison, who was watching on the sidelines, walked over to Yarborough and started a fistfight.
—Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 31 Dec. 2023
The clip ends with McConaughey and the son walking out of the bar (the Sagebrush in Austin) following an intense fistfight after the pool shark loses a game.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2024
Before the night was over, sirens blared as fistfights broke out.
—Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
Longtime Challenge fans remember CT for his Boston bruiser era, when he was kicked off MTV's reality TV competition series multiple times for getting in fistfights with castmates.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
Dennis Harvey, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
Only slightly less reliant on anything-for-a-laugh gags than 1995's Billy Madison (there's still room for a cursed alligator and a fistfight with game show host Bob Barker), Happy Gilmore introduces shades of the sweetness warring with the typical Sandler character's boorish clowning.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2023
The wild melee on March 1 started as an argument between two students that quickly escalated into a fistfight, which drew the attention of other students and adults.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2024
Armed gangs are taking over the streets of Gaza City, fistfights and stabbings are commonplace in long queues for food, and the occasional aid trucks that arrive must brave mobs of looters.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2024
But Allison's brother, fellow driver Bobby Allison, who was watching on the sidelines, walked over to Yarborough and started a fistfight.
—Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 31 Dec. 2023
The clip ends with McConaughey and the son walking out of the bar (the Sagebrush in Austin) following an intense fistfight after the pool shark loses a game.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2024
Before the night was over, sirens blared as fistfights broke out.
—Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
Longtime Challenge fans remember CT for his Boston bruiser era, when he was kicked off MTV's reality TV competition series multiple times for getting in fistfights with castmates.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Fistfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fistfight. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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