How to Use fight for in a Sentence

fight for

verb
  • Know your worth and fight for it—wealth could soon be yours.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Fakhri Abu Diab fought for decades to save his home.
    — ABC News, 9 June 2026
  • Is the party worth fighting for at all?
    — Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 3 June 2026
  • Nothing this campaign fought for is far off.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 10 June 2026
  • Millions of agents will fight for the same rooms, flights, and discounts.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Cox always fought for his players.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 May 2026
  • Then, stop fighting for the generic claim and go own the one that's true.
    — Cody Chomiak, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Todd Brook fights for his own life every day but sheds tears for his wife.
    — Dawn White, CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • The club is fighting for a home playoff spot out of seventh place.
    — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026
  • So, claim the narrative, then fight for the resources to hold it.
    — Rekha Thomas, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • And when my family is around, there's always a fight for the last slice.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 8 July 2026
  • The fight for kitchen storage space is never-ending.
    — Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 11 May 2026
  • These people have been fighting for 47 years.
    — NBC news, 7 June 2026
  • Invite family and friends to share, and there might be a fight for the last bite.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Inside, a young girl, 7 or 8, is fighting for each breath.
    — Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
  • One more football lifer fighting for his dream.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 10 May 2026
  • So please, just fight for the things that crack light into your life, fight for the things that soften you.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Almost three decades of fighting for every frame.
    — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
  • Girls’ sports exist because women fought for them.
    — Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
  • But, in the end, no one had to fight for words and lean on a cliche to explain another loss.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2026
  • One thing that’s certain is that Marisol will have to take up the fight for her own future.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Both races are central in the fight for control of the Senate.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
  • One of the fights for me was my resistance to using a walking aid to get around.
    — Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
  • First there was the fight for independence!
    — Dan Gelston, Fortune, 13 June 2026
  • Now his owner is fighting for justice.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
  • Many tried to remain in Germany, but their right to stay had to be fought for on the ground.
    — Pablo Larios, Artforum, 6 May 2026
  • And to fight for civil rights and fight for the New Deal values.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026
  • Many leaders say this is needed as the fight for equal rights is ongoing.
    — Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • But underlying it all was the sense that this is more than a fight for Joshua.
    — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • On one hand, Judy is fighting for this group of people to be seen as human.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026

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