melee

Example Sentences

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Accompanying Hedda throughout is a choir of scooping notes, which by the film’s chaotic finale crescendo into a slightly horrific melee of wild vocals.

From Los Angeles Times

The Yanited manager later said he had been "gripped up and kicked" while in the middle of a melee on the pitch.

From BBC

They quickly detained the man, and a melee ensued as the group fought to stay together.

From BBC

“What they’re saying to the court is, ‘We need to be able to violate the law and shoot these people indiscriminately or else it’s gonna be a melee.’

From Los Angeles Times

To avoid the melee on the cables, five climbers sought shelter in a cramped granite cave at the summit.

From Los Angeles Times