- present participle of fight.
fighting
Example Sentences
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He then found himself fighting YG and a man he described as YG’s bodyguard, with Drakeo positioned a foot or two behind him and to his right.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Pakistan, which has experience fighting mountain rebels of its own, deployed jet fighters and troops to Saudi Arabia a few months ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Essex Police said the group, from Barking, east London, were all related to each other and the boy remained in hospital, fighting for his life.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
And she specifically worked on hundreds of cases involving defendants convicted of firearm-related crimes, fighting to get their convictions overturned or their sentences reduced.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Didn’t you notice,” she began in an oddly strangled voice, “how, when those men were fighting, the cute janitor guy yelled out, ‘Jonah!
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
