Sentences with battle
bat·tle
B b - ...the victory of King William III at the Battle of the Boyne.
- ...a renewed political battle over Britain's attitude to Europe.
- A police officer was injured in a gun battle that took place last night.
- Thousands of soldiers were willing to go into battle to fight the enemy.
- ...the battle against crime. [+ against]
- Thousands of people battled with police and several were reportedly wounded. [V + with/against]
- That two-day conflict has become one of the most famous battles in history.
- The battle continued late into the night.
- Doctors battled throughout the night to save her life. [VERB to-infinitive]
- His battle for recognition
- The company was involved in a legal battle with one of its employees.
- Troubled tennis ace Lleyton Hewitt will go to court for a bitter battle with the men's governing body.
- She battled against cancer
- He battled through the crowd
- The battle to change the ubiquitous culture of the school canteen is hotting up, writes Richard Cornish.
- Battle1 denotes a conflict between armed forces in a war and implies a large-scale, prolonged contest over a particular area; , engagement, the more formal term, stresses the actual meeting of opposing forces, with no restrictive connotation as to duration; a , campaign is a series of military operations with a particular objective and may involve a number of battles; , encounter usually suggests a chance meeting of hostile forces; , skirmish refers to a brief, light encounter between small detachments; , action stresses the detailed operations of active fighting [killed in action]; combat, the most general of these terms, simply implies armed fighting, without further qualification
- The battle of life
- She has been battling against cancer for years.
- She has been battling cancer for years.
- battle grass, battle pasture
- battle soil, battle land
- The battle of Waterloo.
- Wounds received in battle.
- Ordering a trial by battle to settle the dispute.
- A battle for control of the Senate.
- Ready to battle with the enemy.
- To battle for freedom.
- He was ready to do battle for his beliefs.