How to Use melee in a Sentence

melee

noun

• During the melee, the suspect grabbed Wali, threw him to the ground and punched him in the head.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
• Jackson was one of the three people who died in the melee.
  — Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 10 June 2022
• Phillips won a royal tug of war, but four men were shot in the melee.
  — Simon Usborne, Town & Country, 18 Jan. 2023
• Video showed what appeared to be a melee in the middle of the roadway.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
• Some of the other teens involved in the melee were still in the area, while others had fled.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2022
• That’s when a shirtless white man rushed to punch Pickett, which sparked the melee that spilled all across the dock.
  — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
• Yet commanders sent them right back into the melee all the same.
  — Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2022
• The melee is a mess to sort out, but my guess is that alcohol was involved.
  — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2023
• In the melee, Redden slammed Holthus’ head against the wall, struck her once on the head and pulled out some of her hair, the document said.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2024
• Some have floated the prospects of Democrats intervening in the melee to end the impasse.
  — Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 5 Jan. 2023
• In the melee, the bus driver was either knocked down or fell, and Fayed’s bodyguard fled the scene while the police were called.
  — Mark Peikert, Town & Country, 13 Nov. 2022
• As the melee approaches the end of the train car, Green can be seen holding the gun and shooting at the man in orange, who falls to the floor.
  — Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 June 2022
• Viper will be a melee DPS class that seems similar to the Ninja class already present in the game.
  — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2023
• The melee left a juvenile with a bloody nose, according to the station.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2023
• Five guns were fired in the melee, police said, and two handguns were recovered at the scene.
  — Kelly McCleary and Emma Tucker, CNN, 6 June 2022
• The referee fell to the ground and was also kicked during the melee after fans also stormed the pitch.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2023
• After the melee, officers can be seen milling around while Nichols is slumped against a car.
  — Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 27 Jan. 2023
• Loading them was no one-day job and in the melee, Patches (Mrs. giraffe), kicked Smith down more than once.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2022
• Rafah is about 20 miles from Gaza City, where Thursday's melee occurred.
  — Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Mar. 2024
• When one fan threw a cup of beer onto a player, a huge and ugly melee ensued.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 16 Aug. 2022
• Media would sometimes try to guess at which point in practice the melee would begin.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 2 Feb. 2023
• In the ensuing melee, six people were killed and dozens wounded.
  — Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
• In the ensuing melee, Israeli riot police stormed up to the mount.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022
• Cataclysmic melees are not just transpiring close to the star.
  — Robin George Andrews, New York Times, 8 May 2023
• During the melee, Hayes' arm was pulled from its socket, according to the lawsuit.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2023
• On Thursday, a melee broke out before the UFC 279 press conference.
  — cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022
• Pickett is seen arguing with the group when a White man rushes in to punch him, sparking a melee that spilled all across the dock.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2023
• Advertisement If three points of contact touch the ground in a melee the fighter is out.
  — David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
• At least three women fell under the melee, this reporter saw, as insults and elbows were hurled from the crush.
  — Time, 23 Nov. 2022
• Tonight, though, was all about pressing the flesh and pitching the concepts in front of a jostling melee of industry heavyweights.
  — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024