How to Use fight on in a Sentence

fight on

phrasal verb

• For those who fought on the side of the South and were displaced, the wounds from the war remain unhealed.
  — Quyen Do, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
• Hezbollah has vowed to fight on until a cease-fire in the Gaza war.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2024
• He was slated to have his first big fight on ESPN in a few weeks.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
• The pair got into a fight on July 16 over who got to use the private jet to fly to the Bahamas.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 15 Aug. 2023
• From the dawn of the motorcar to today, the microcar has fought on.
  — Alex Goy, Ars Technica, 27 May 2024
• Butler had more even ground to fight on — first the sands of the arena, then the smooth tiles of the imperial palace.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2024
• Her husband does not share her willingness to fight on the front.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2024
• The pause held; there were no reports of fighting on either side.
  — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2023
• This issue could become one of the biggest across-the-aisle fights on this package.
  — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2023
• Cowboys will show fight on screen in team meeting room.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 29 July 2023
• Cooler weather and more moisture in the air helped the fight on Saturday, as crews approached the fire from both the ground and the air.
  — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 27 July 2024
• The first fight on the UFC 300 card pits two former champions against each other.
  — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• This year, the election is being fought on the battleground of the economy.
  — NBC News, 4 July 2024
• Articles like this one will help us in our fights on the social media wars.
  — Michael O'Rielly, National Review, 26 Oct. 2023
• About the same time, King saw two men fighting on 14th Street and asked them to stop because of the nearby police presence.
  — John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 16 July 2024
• But a fight on Thursday on a speeding A train in Brooklyn that started with those taunts did not end there.
  — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
• When the Kens are fighting on the beach the background suddenly changes to a pastel background with the Kens dressed in monotones.
  — Time, 21 July 2023
• Of course, now there is fighting on multiple fronts in Gaza and Lebanon, Israel, with new strikes overnight.
  — NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
• Americans fought on both sides of that divide here at home, too, and their stories will curl your hair.
  — CBS News, 6 Oct. 2023
• He was shot by Russians while fighting on the front lines near Kupiansk.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Oct. 2023
• The important thing is to always have the desire to fight on every point, always trying to bring out the best.
  — Giacomo Aricò, Vogue, 14 July 2024
• Mark Steyn and Rand Simberg, however, are still being forced to fight on.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 9 Feb. 2024
• Following a first fight on the porch, the brothers followed the victim and a witness onto the driveway.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2024
• Macfarlane gamely fought on, but struggled to put weight on the injured leg the remainder of the fight.
  — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2023
• With the exception of Ukraine, no country in the room was actually fighting on the front lines.
  — Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2024
• But Canada might have a fight on its hands that mirrors what the U.S. government was up against before its about-face.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Mar. 2024
• But then Trump went ahead and fought on anyway, right up until January 6th.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2023
• According to the affidavit, police were called to the dock to respond to a report of people fighting on a yacht.
  — Rebekah Riess, CNN, 20 June 2024
• They were determined to fight on, despite U.S. weakness, but more than a little scared.
  — Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, 17 July 2024
• At the start of the address, which lasted for just over two hours, a moment of silence was observed for Russian soldiers fighting on the front line.
  — Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024