Thesaurus / tussle
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Streams which a boy could wade last March would now give an elephant a tussle.
GOLD-SEEKING ON THE DALTON TRAILARTHUR R. THOMPSON
There was a terrible tussle, but the white man finally killed his huge enemy.
THE STORY OF THE THIRTEEN COLONIESH. A. (HLNE ADELINE) GUERBER
"I'm quite sure that I don't want another sich a tussle," meditated the Deacon.
SI KLEGG, BOOK 2 (OF 6)JOHN MCELROY
After the friendly tussle, the mother and daughter continued on their journey to the forks of the Shaeyela.
RED HUNTERS AND THE ANIMAL PEOPLECHARLES A. EASTMAN
However the reis pluckily led the way, and seized him by the hind leg, when the crowd of men rushed in, and we had a grand tussle.
THE DESERT WORLDARTHUR MANGIN
There arose a mighty tussle, each in turn having the advantage, although Grettir always had one of them down.
GRETTIR THE STRONGUNKNOWN
Or was it the other bobcat that came around to smell the pelt of his mate, and gave you something of a tussle?
THE BANNER BOY SCOUTS SNOWBOUNDGEORGE A. WARREN
The look on Merriwell's face cut him like a keen knife and made him feel a fierce longing for the next tussle.
FRANK MERRIWELL'S RACESBURT L. STANDISH
The pony kicked and squealed, giving Stacy a lively tussle for a few moments.
THE PONY RIDER BOYS ON THE BLUE RIDGEFRANK GEE PATCHIN
But I should say that to secure this end it would need a tussle quite as prolonged and as violent as has raged round Home Rule.
WORDS RELATED TO TUSSLE
- battle with
- buffet
- carry on
- confront
- deal
- dispatch
- encounter
- endure
- face
- get a handle on
- get by
- grapple
- hack
- hack it
- handle
- hold one's own
- live with
- make go of it
- make it
- make out
- make the grade
- pit oneself against
- rise to occasion
- struggle
- struggle through
- suffer
- survive
- tangle
- tussle
- weather
- wrestle
- altercate
- assault
- attack
- bandy with
- battle
- bear arms
- bicker
- box
- brawl
- brush with
- buck
- carry on war
- challenge
- clash
- contend
- cross swords
- dispute
- do battle
- duel
- exchange blows
- feud
- flare up
- go to war
- grapple
- joust
- meet
- mix it up
- oppugn
- ply weapons
- protect
- quarrel
- repel
- resist
- rowdy
- scrap
- scuffle
- skirmish
- spar
- strive
- struggle
- take all comers
- take the field
- take up the gauntlet
- tiff
- tilt
- traverse
- tug
- tussle
- wage war
- war
- withstand
- wrangle
- wrestle
- action
- affray
- altercation
- argument
- battle
- battle royal
- bout
- brawl
- broil
- brush
- clash
- combat
- conflict
- confrontation
- contention
- contest
- controversy
- difficulty
- disagreement
- dispute
- dissension
- dogfight
- duel
- engagement
- exchange
- feud
- fisticuffs
- fracas
- fray
- free-for-all
- fuss
- hostility
- joust
- match
- melee
- quarrel
- riot
- rivalry
- round
- row
- ruckus
- rumble
- scrap
- scrimmage
- scuffle
- set-to
- skirmish
- sparring match
- strife
- struggle
- tiff
- to-do
- tussle
- war
- wrangling
- altercate
- assault
- attack
- bandy with
- battle
- bear arms
- bicker
- box
- brawl
- brush with
- buck
- carry on war
- challenge
- clash
- contend
- cross swords
- dispute
- do battle
- duel
- exchange blows
- feud
- flare up
- go to war
- grapple
- joust
- meet
- mix it up
- oppugn
- ply weapons
- protect
- quarrel
- repel
- resist
- rowdy
- scrap
- scuffle
- skirmish
- spar
- strive
- struggle
- take all comers
- take the field
- take up the gauntlet
- tiff
- tilt
- traverse
- tug
- tussle
- wage war
- war
- withstand
- wrangle
- wrestle
- accost
- affront
- brush against
- bump into
- chance on
- clash
- collide
- come across
- come up against
- confront
- contact
- cross
- dig up
- encounter
- engage
- experience
- face
- fall in with
- find
- front
- get together
- grapple
- greet
- hit
- light
- luck
- make a meet
- meet face to face
- rendezvous with
- rub eyeballs
- run across
- run into
- run up against
- salute
- see
- strike
- stumble
- touch shoulders
- tumble
- tussle
- wrestle
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