How to Use fight with in a Sentence

fight with

phrasal verb
  • The actor appeared to throw a punch in a fight with the crowd and was briefly knocked to the ground.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 5 July 2024
  • Alexander walked away from the fight with knife wounds.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
  • There were a few knock-down, drag-out fights with other girls.
    J Wortham January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • The final fencing match is fought with plungers. Hamlet|Toilet.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Her husband, Shukra Tamang, signed up to fight with Russia's forces and is feared dead.
    Sugam Pokharel, CNN, 11 Feb. 2024
  • What was the first big fight with their mom and what was that relationship like?
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Feb. 2024
  • That could set the developers up for a legal fight with the city.
    Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The fight with Masimo did not do anything useful for you.
    Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
  • If Poirier agreed to a fight with Max Holloway, that would be their third meeting.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Janelle continues to deal with the consequences of her fight with Kody.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 10 Sep. 2023
  • In order to eat, Matabele ants have to fight with their one and only food source: termites.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Jan. 2024
  • David Hess, who joined Southwest’s board in 2021, was also on the board of Arconic in the midst of its proxy fight with Elliott.
    Rohan Goswami, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Chance was known for his confrontational stage presence and known to start fights with members of the crowd.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 19 June 2024
  • But if a breakout were to happen, Iran could afford to risk Hezbollah in a fight with Israel.
    Marc Champion, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Hezbollah this week said that 63 of its fighters have been killed in fighting with Israel since war broke out a month ago.
    Ian Talley, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2023
  • So let continue to fight with optimism, with faith, and with hope.
    Jenny Porter Tilley, The Indianapolis Star, 25 July 2024
  • One fan asked for a photo while Roan was having a fight with her girlfriend and was clearly in distress.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The company will need that cash to keep going in what’s become a knock-down drag-out fight with Big Meat for market share.
    Time, 20 July 2023
  • The trooper attempted to arrest the driver when the driver started to fight with the trooper.
    Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Police said another man at the scene got into a fight with the man who shot the girl, attempting to disarm him.
    Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
  • There were six, but Giovanni, Lopez’s teenage son, left this past spring, after getting in a big blow-up fight with his dad.
    Brianna Sacks, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The child’s father rushed in and began fighting with the intruder, police said.
    Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 17 Apr. 2024
  • In other words, the Israelis have been asked to fight with much less air power and artillery, and also to advance faster, to end the war sooner.
    WSJ, 27 Dec. 2023
  • She was chosen for piano lessons, but had to fight with other girls to practice at the one piano, Brought Plenty said.
    Dana Hedgpeth, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • In addition to the fight with Hamas in Gaza, the Jewish state is fighting with Hezbollah over its northern border.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 July 2024
  • After the men started a fight with a bouncer, Josie Carter, a Black trans woman, intervened.
    Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 19 July 2024
  • The two faced off in a bloody fight with multiple stabbings, burns, and ultimately, Lois blew Megan’s head off.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Yvonne Adams, his mother, died in November after a fight with cancer for two years.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Months later, however, Peltz reignited the fight with the help of Perlmutter.
    J. Clara Chan, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Police said the man then got into a fight with security.
    Jason Green, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2024

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