in battle

idiom

: while fighting in a war

the brave warriors who died/fell in battle

Examples of in battle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The pressures of the war wear on the performers in different ways — the younger men grapple with the fear of being called up to serve, many of the women have boyfriends on the front lines and some of the older members have lost children in battle. —Brent Lang, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025

The film takes its name from a story that Manfred relied on as a means of coping with childhood bullies, about a tribe of vikings who each cut off one of their arms in order to make one brother who lost his arm in battle feel less alone. —Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025

The White House’s latest effort to tighten control over the Federal Reserve exemplifies President Trump’s typical tactics in battle. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025

Coins earned in battle are used at an in-game shop to purchase additional moves to expand Musashi’s basic moveset. —Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for in battle

• battel
• brattle
• cattle
• chattel
• prattle
• rattle
• tattle
• striatal