How to Use tussle in a Sentence

tussle

1 of 2 noun

• The suspect was arrested after a tussle with a security guard.
• The President is in for another tussle with Congress.
• The legal tussle ended in 2019 when the Supreme Court refused to hear the case.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022
• The tussle is part of a larger fight over the future of the Sepulveda Basin.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
• As the initial tussle calmed down, videos appeared to show a group of Black men confronting the White boaters.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
• After a brief tussle over the firearm, Travis McMichael blasted Arbery twice in the chest.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2021
• In a back-and-forth tussle, the Wildcats staved off the Tigers' comeback to take a 74-71 victory.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 4 Jan. 2023
• Yet O’Connor came away from his first tussle with ice, around 2010, wanting more.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
• After the tussle, pepper spray, and more threats of tasing, Nichols got away.
  — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2023
• The person then confronts the congressman and the two men get into a tussle.
  — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 22 July 2022
• After a brief tussle over the shotgun, Travis McMichael blasted Arbery in the chest as close range.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 8 Nov. 2021
• Amid the legal tussle with Mr. Musk, Twitter has stepped up the pace of launching new features.
  — Salvador Rodriguez, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022
• The game was projected to be a tussle between the frontcourts, but foul trouble on both sides put a crimp in that plan.
  — David Smale, courant.com, 13 Mar. 2022
• There were a few bumpy moments between the two teams at Wednesday’s practice, but Stokes’ tussle with Landry set the tone.
  — Ryan Wood, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2022
• The bottom line From the AI wars to the streaming wars, the tussle in tech is more ferocious and competitive than it’s been in years.
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
• After a few seconds, while the two tussle, a gun seems to go off and a bullet ricochets off the pavement near the body of the man, who remains on the ground.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• The tussle ended when one of the officers, John Rodriguez, fired two shots into Daniels’s chest, killing him.
  — Washington Post, 22 June 2022
• Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Enbridge have been in a legal tussle for the past year over the fate of the pipeline.
  — Robert Tuttle, Bloomberg.com, 8 Nov. 2021
• Perhaps Ukraine will hold the area, in which case there will be the same old tussle over cleaning up the plant versus preserving the thousands of jobs there.
  — WIRED, 19 Oct. 2022
• One of the officers chasing Mackey caught him, but in an ensuing tussle, both fell to the ground.
  — Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 14 Sep. 2023
• His tussle with the PGA Tour for supporting a competing tour?
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 16 May 2022
• The rich filling is sure to satisfy hungry tummies, and the flaky puff pastry may cause a tussle or two at the table.
  — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 22 June 2023
• The legal tussle serves as a stark reminder of the broader challenges facing the gig economy.
  — David Astoria, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2023
• Their tussle interrupts not just the party, but also Jeremiah and Belly’s near-kiss in the next room.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 4 Aug. 2023
• But an early birth can still quell some of the roughest aspects of the maternal-fetal tussle.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2022
• Footage captured 20 minutes after the attack shows the big cat returning to sniff at the dog’s collar, which came off in the yard during the tussle.
  — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2024
• The chase continued for four minutes before ending with the tussle over the shotgun and Arbery dead.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2021
• If the good opt to make weaponized autonomous systems, this can be used to deter the bad from seeking to get into a tussle.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
• Bradshaw’s big bucket in the closing minutes proved to be the difference in a tight tussle that saw four lead changes and seven ties.
  — The Courier-Journal, 6 Jan. 2024
• In the third case, an officer's hand was slightly punctured during a tussle with a suspect.
  — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2022

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tussle

2 of 2 verb

• Two players tussled for the ball.
• The residents of the neighborhood tussled with city hall for years about the broken parking meters.
• Ramos grabbed him by the arm, and tussled him to the floor.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 27 May 2018
• Smith tussled with the man, pulling him to the ground, and called 911.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 25 July 2023
• Rudolph took exception, and the pair tussled on the turf.
  — Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 12 Feb. 2020
• What is clear is that the two men are tussling for power.
  — The Economist, 2 Aug. 2019
• The two tussled before the friend got in his car and drove away from the scene, the affidavit states.
  — Becky Jacobs, Post-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2018
• He is said to be in the mix but Ohio State will likely tussle with a strong pull to keep him south.
  — Robert Fenbers, cleveland, 18 July 2021
• At the same time, the city has also been tussling e-bike company Wheels.
  — Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2019
• Apart from that, Spain and Portugal tussled out a thrilling 3-3 tie.
  — Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 25 June 2018
• Gunda, the mother pig of the title, cares for her adorably fuzzy and tussling newborn piglets.
  — Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2023
• In this case, Soule said a dog tussled with a fox, nearly killing it before his owners stepped in to end the fight.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Dec. 2019
• Every day, when Reddy got home from work, Kush would run toward the door and the two would tussle like kids.
  — Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 9 Dec. 2021
• In one of them, Dubin’s son and daughter have been tussling over the bathroom door, her on one side of it, him on the other.
  — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
• The two tussled and the second man wrenched away the weapon and shot his assailant, according to police.
  — Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2018
• Nick Bosa grew up with no choice but to tussle with his brother, who is 27 months older.
  — Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, 6 Dec. 2019
• Hunt, who got 54 votes, and Gove with 51 are tussling for second place and the slot of Johnsons' runoff opponent.
  — Jill Lawless, USA TODAY, 19 June 2019
• The players tussled as Troutman ran downfield to cover a Louisville punt before Booth threw him to the turf around the Clemson 20.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2019
• As part of the Casino Royale four-episode tournament saw two local chefs tussle it out in the finale.
  — Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 18 Feb. 2022
• He and Ms Harris tussled at the start over the wisdom of Medicare for All, as the idea of a single-payer health-care system is known.
  — I.k. | Washington, The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019
• Tiffany argued about the decision with her twin, and then the siblings tussled with each other.
  — Jim Varsallone, miamiherald, 26 Apr. 2018
• Both officers tussle with Massie, and then other officers enter the room to bring him to the floor.
  — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 July 2019
• The two have tussled in past debates and Wednesday was no different.
  — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2020
• The feudal houses of Barzani and Talabani—which fought a civil war in the 1990s over UN aid—now tussle over trade routes.
  — The Economist, 10 Apr. 2021
• In South Africa this moral intuition has tussled with a powerful fear of loss.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 12 June 2018
• The video then shows Arbery and another man appearing to tussle as two more shots are fired.
  — NBC News, 3 Nov. 2021
• The officer chased one of the attackers to the backyard of a home on Tristan Street just off Scott, where the two tussled for a few moments, Acevedo said.
  — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 13 Sep. 2019
• In the meantime, these players will tussle for playing time elsewhere.
  — Larry Holder, NOLA.com, 15 May 2018
• The men then separated only to tussle again, with one man dragging the other from a golf cart and kicking him.
  — Max Londberg, kansascity, 15 June 2018
• After the two tussled on the ground, Jennings appeared to stomp on Shelton-Moseley’s face/facemask.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 4 Dec. 2019

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