join battle with
Example Sentences
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To the hairy-handed frontier town of Elyria, Ohio came the Rev. John Jay Shipherd to join battle with the Devil.
From Time Magazine Archive
Who caused Tiâmat to revolt, to join battle with me?
From The Babylonian Legends of the Creation by Sir E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis) Budge
It seemed madness to join battle with such a disproportion of numbers.
From Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
Sagredus: Let us, then, join battle with those antagonistic facts.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
Now indeed the two armies must join battle, with the odds against the Romans.
From The Childhood of Rome by Louise Lamprey
