fistfight

Example Sentences

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“Every night is like a fistfight in there, and people think you’re an idiot,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

To stay undefeated, the Huskies have to win a four-quarter fistfight first.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2023

“So we went into the locker room knowing it was going to be a fistfight, it was going to be a brawl, which I think bodes well for us.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2023

In “Get Me Some Medicine,” the “stinking carcass” of a porcupine becomes the key figure in an idle game of cards that ends in a fistfight.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2022

Ben said, “We’re worried about our father, sir. If he finds out we’re suspended I could tell him I had a fistfight with Judas Iscariot and it wouldn’t make any difference.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy