prize fighter
Example Sentences
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A former heavyweight prize fighter, he was not afraid to mix it up on the picket line with cops and strikebreakers.
From Salon • May 16, 2022
“When I’m done I look like a prize fighter who lost,” Hale said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 10, 2018
“He was a prize fighter before he became a priest, and he used to play stick ball with us right behind the church. He loved kids; he just loved them.”
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2018
Just as if Charlie weren't as athletic as a prize fighter, and as if he didn't, just for exercise and fun, climb all over the skyscraping girders of the news stages.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2018
She combines the brains of a businessman, the toughness of a prize fighter, the warmth of a companion, the humor of a tragedian.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
