How to Use fight back in a Sentence

fight back

phrasal verb

• Hillsboro fought back in the third quarter to make it 20-14.
  — Ledeai, Journal Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2023
• But some are hoping for a rain of mechs to help take the fight back to the rust buckets and bugs.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• The Aggies fought back, and a last-second jumper sent the game to overtime.
  — Trisha Garcia-Easto, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2024
• My dad always wished that the people of Gaza could fight back against Hamas.
  — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2023
• But the Utah Supreme Court justices fought back on that pretty hard.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 July 2023
• The Hawks fought back from a fourth-quarter deficit to earn the victory over the Bulldogs.
  — Indy Star Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Aug. 2023
• Not everyone has the resources to fight back, Zhu says.
  — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
• Driver fought back tears at the tragic conclusion of the film.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 31 Aug. 2023
• Airbnb’s attempts to fight back against the new law have, to date, been unsuccessful.
  — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2023
• Some school board lawyers are confused by the rules, and and those arguing for access have few ways to fight back.
  — Elle Reeve, CNN, 6 Oct. 2023
• The blast on Tuesday night broke a scoreless tie while Thursday’s tied the game for the Rangers, who fought back from an early deficit to win.
  — José Sánchez Córdova, Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2023
• And democrats haven’t really figured out how to fight back.
  — Quico Toro, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2024
• The abrupt closure of St. Joseph Catholic School is prompting the community to fight back.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 7 July 2023
• Another Black pilot, Marlon D. Green, was among the first to fight back in court.
  — Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
• Shock, bewilderment, a slight nausea, a sudden urge to fight back the tears that welled in my eyes.
  — Ruby Namdar, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2023
• Slater took a pair of sliders to get ahead in the count 2-0, but Anderson fought back into it with a pair of fastballs down and away to even the count.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2023
• Her throat had been slashed and her hands were covered in defensive wounds from trying to fight back.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
• Consumers are fighting back by pulling away the curtain on their real lives.
  — Annemarie Dooling, USA TODAY, 29 Feb. 2024
• Police initially stood by but joined the white mob when the Black group began fighting back.
  — Bobby Caina Calvan, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2023
• Denver ran out to a big early lead, outscoring Portland 33 to 20 in the first quarter, but the Trail Blazers fought back in the second.
  — Patrick Sung, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024
• Either the mind changes and tries to save itself, or the body fights back by, for example, vomiting up drugs.
  — Sara Novak, Scientific American, 19 Oct. 2023
• That latter bit has artists understandably upset, and the new Nightshade tool might give them the means to fight back.
  — Josh Hendrickson, PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2024
• O’Brien likes busting chops and admires people who are prepared to fight back.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
• Sometimes that meant the couple hit the slopes for a day of downhill skiing, and sometimes fighting back was just getting off the couch.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
• Melissa Trixie Watt found her own way to fight back against the harassment—and against the system itself.
  — WIRED, 17 Oct. 2023
• In the unlikely event of an attack, fight back with rocks, sticks, bear or pepper spray, tools or any items available.
  — Austindedios, oregonlive, 17 July 2023
• The old guard, of course, is trying to fight back against a current system that allows players to move freely from one school to the next for playing time and cash.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 6 Sep. 2023
• There is an appetite for fighting back against Democrats, for doubling down on said values.
  — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2023
• New Town fought back in the second quarter with a balanced scoring attack.
  — Jake Shindel, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2024
• During the altercation, the woman fought back, took the weapon from Tranchant and stabbed him, then fled to safety, deputies said.
  — Makiya Seminera, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 28 May 2024