fighting

Example Sentences

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"In contrast, in 2014 there was a fairly high percentage of 'fighting age' men among the dead, but this is much less evident today," she said.

From BBC • Feb. 29, 2024

"They used to call it 'fighting for freedom and democracy'," she said.

From Reuters • Oct. 20, 2023

“It’s definitely not ‘fighting Nazism’,” @GermanEmbassySA tweeted on Saturday.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2022

“And naturally, as you know, online arguments typically get people angry and using what would be described as ‘fighting words’ on the street, but not online.

From Washington Times • Aug. 5, 2020

The ‘fighting cabin’ is so styled because it may be inhabited in safety while the ship is in action, being within the ship’s tremendous armour plating.

From In the Track of the Troops by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)