Examples of fistfight in a Sentence
A fistfight broke out in the stands.
He often gets into fistfights.
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At its worst, discourse over the fate of Sequoiadendron giganteum is an academic fistfight.
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Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Ebony Shyteria Harper, a 31-year-old standing just 4-foot-11, is trading her airplane seat for a jail cell after a disagreement turned into a fistfight at 30,000 feet.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
There are some fistfights, torture scenes, an abduction and gunshots, but most of these are done tastefully and not for shock value.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
In a Senate hearing, in 2023, Mullin challenged the Teamsters president, Sean O’Brien, who was giving testimony, to a fistfight.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Ebony Shyteria Harper, a 31-year-old standing just 4-foot-11, is trading her airplane seat for a jail cell after a disagreement turned into a fistfight at 30,000 feet.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
There are some fistfights, torture scenes, an abduction and gunshots, but most of these are done tastefully and not for shock value.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
In a Senate hearing, in 2023, Mullin challenged the Teamsters president, Sean O’Brien, who was giving testimony, to a fistfight.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Fistfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fistfight. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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