fighting
Example Sentences
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Chief among them is the seeming inability to absorb a blow and come back fighting.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
The brand that invented the minivan in the 1980s, and with it a style that became shorthand for American suburban family life, is fighting for survival.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Shields, also 31, currently holds the IBF, WBC, WBF and WBO heavyweight world titles and has a professional fighting record of 18-0.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Congress returns from a break the week of April 13 and will begin debating the budget even as lawmakers are fighting over the current year’s Department of Homeland Security funds.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
Mumbling to myself, I said, “Holy smokes! I’ll bet while Rowdy and I were fighting the little monkeys, the big monkey sneaked in and opened the net.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
