Examples of tooth and nail in a Sentence
I'll fight tooth and nail to win the finals.
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The Dodgers have rolled, while the Blue Jays fought tooth and nail to make it to the Fall Classic.
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Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
If past is precedent, Hamas will fight tooth and nail to preserve its political and military standing in Gaza and its commitment to violently oppose prospects for peace.
—Matthew Levitt, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2025
Real Madrid has fought the Miami match tooth and nail, accusing Tebas of chasing attention and destabilizing the league.
—Asli Pelit, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
The first option is politically fraught, providing an endorsement, however reluctant, of the Republicans’ go-it-alone budget strategy while ensuring a sharp backlash from a liberal base that wants to see Democrats fighting tooth and nail against the president.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 27 Sep. 2025
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Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
If past is precedent, Hamas will fight tooth and nail to preserve its political and military standing in Gaza and its commitment to violently oppose prospects for peace.
—Matthew Levitt, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2025
Real Madrid has fought the Miami match tooth and nail, accusing Tebas of chasing attention and destabilizing the league.
—Asli Pelit, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
The first option is politically fraught, providing an endorsement, however reluctant, of the Republicans’ go-it-alone budget strategy while ensuring a sharp backlash from a liberal base that wants to see Democrats fighting tooth and nail against the president.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 27 Sep. 2025
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“Tooth and nail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tooth%20and%20nail. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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