fisticuffs

Example Sentences

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Fisticuffs have always been part of football, and most surely have gone unreported.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2022

Longtime collaborators Fisticuffs executive produced the record with the singer and Amair Johnson with assists from Benny Blanco, Cashmere Cat, Key Wane and Trakgirl.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2017

In rat-a-tat, hard-boiled cadence, he imagines the headline: “Poof popped in the lip: Fisticuffs on the Yellow Brick Road.”

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2012

Fisticuffs would get into the papers, and it's my opinion that's just what this man McQuade wants.

From Half a Rogue by MacGrath, Harold

Fisticuffs were all very well, but batons made the fun not good enough.

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward