brawls 1 of 2

plural of brawl
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brawls

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verb

present tense third-person singular of brawl

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of brawls
Noun
The curfew came following brawls with police, a racist threat and gunfire that led to a riot in the heart of Milwaukee's Black neighborhood on the city's north side. Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Seattle Seahawks pratice erupted into many brawls. Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brawls
Noun
  • At least 22 police officers were injured during the clashes, a spokesperson for Spain’s National Police told CNN.
    Pau Mosquera, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Shots fired in San Bernardino, spike strips in Van Nuys, and clashes in Santa Ana highlight a rise in confrontations between immigration agents and civilians — a trend experts warn is intensifying across Southern California.
    Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The omission was wrong — whether or not it was related to those altercations — as was the employee’s failure to understand that this is not a business occasion.
    Judith Martin, Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Following the altercations, Outside spoke with a dog behavioral expert for insight into what triggers our trail comrades and how best to respond during stressful situations.
    Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But if hotel noises, traffic rumbles, or plane hums keep you from getting some shut-eye, this compact sound machine may become your best travel companion.
    Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
  • That determination was on full display in the viral post, where the pup made its feelings abundantly clear through a chorus of noises that blended protest with performance.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As always, secrets emerge, fights ensue, and Madea makes a speech to bring everyone back together.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
  • As the immune system fights the infection, the tissues in the urinary tract become inflamed.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • International investment treaty disputes are arbitrated under a third-party institution that employs attorneys who specialize in international law and have no particular ties to either party.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The California Governor’s Office disputes Kominski’s characterization of contractor donations as a vector for political influence.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For decades, the mighty roars of dinosaurs have thundered through movies, TV shows, and filled the imaginations of children and adults alike.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Washington delivers the dialogue with a thrilling range from purrs to roars, all imbued with an authoritative swagger.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Still one of the NFL’s nastiest division rivalries, the game was full of skirmishes and a near-costly unnecessary roughness penalty late in the third against the Eagles that put the Cowboys in position to take the lead.
    Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Ideological skirmishes over the motives and obligations of Carpenter’s music include both sincere interrogation of its feminism and smirking counteractive reprisals to that scrutiny.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The September 12 report shared that RBW had actually fired Lee in August, citing declining profitability, management difficulties, and disagreements over new artist direction.
    Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Its first-ever color feature, In the Shadow of Honor, which was going to be filmed in Indonesia, was canceled due to disagreements between the two countries related to colonial war reparations.
    Michael Taube, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Brawls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brawls. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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