Example Sentences

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She delivered her comic broadsides at high speed, jabbing her points home like a street-fighter.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2024

Thompson’s affability, he added, could disguise his intelligence and his street-fighter doggedness.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2023

There’s a street-fighter mentality that is never far from the surface when it comes to Argentina’s national team and it revealed itself against the Dutch in a match that boiled over on numerous occasions.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2022

Dee died June 11 at age 91 and was called everything from a "small but mighty lady," to a "street-fighter" to the "voice of our humanity."

From US News • Sep. 20, 2014

"I'm not a street-fighter," he says, scowling at a St. Bernard marked "Champion."

From Ranson's Folly by Davis, Richard Harding