fistfight
Example Sentences
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Amy Nicholson says “One Battle” “isn’t his best film — deciding that would start a real fistfight — but it’s worthy enough to claim a prize that’s long overdue.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025
Consistently, to the point of comedy, Kiryu and his opponent dramatically throw off their shirts to reveal full back tattoos before a cinematic fistfight.
From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2024
“So we went into the locker room knowing it was going to be a fistfight, it was going to be a brawl, which I think bodes well for us.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2023
One post that drew ample engagement suggested in rather colorful language that Gritty would mop the ice with Buoy in a fistfight.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2022
When the news broke, it stopped an actual fistfight among legislators on the floor of the Italian Parliament.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
