pillow fight

noun

: a playful fight using pillows as weapons
The kids were having a pillow fight.

Examples of pillow fight in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web There were nights spent roughhousing at the fire station, maybe engaging in a pillow fight or two. Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2024 May 16, 2024 Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh was also featured in the video having a pillow fight with his brother John, the Baltimore Ravens head coach, representing the Week 12 game that’s expected to air on ESPN for Monday Night Football. James H. Williams, Orange County Register, 16 May 2024 The result is a campus-wide pillow fight hilariously depicted in the style of Ken Burns' iconic Civil War documentary. Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024 Following a hotel room pillow fight with several women in the music video, Bad Bunny records a song and gets back to partying. Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2024 Elvis’s temper led to frightening moments The movie depicts Elvis’s short fuse, including a scene in which a playful pillow fight turns violent when Elvis — who relied on prescription meds like quaaludes to sleep and Dexedrine to wake up — gets aggressive. Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023 The bullies in blue simply plugged in new names and breezed to the West title without anyone waging as much as a pillow fight. Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023 As tempers flare and two hotel waitresses look on with bemusement, Sam (Toheeb Jimoh) finally comes up with a solution: a team-wide, pressure-releasing pillow fight. Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2023

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“Pillow fight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pillow%20fight. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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