Sentence examples for * skirmish in from inspiring English sources

A few innings later, there was another skirmish in the Yankees bullpen.

Preston's confirmation became a proxy skirmish in the fight.

Today we witness another skirmish in this battle.

The development was the latest skirmish in a continuing war over unions.

But politically, Democrats believe that they have already won this latest skirmish in the message wars.

THE final skirmish in the Conservative-led coalition's assault on immigration has begun at last.

The Hundred Years War could seem a brief skirmish in comparison.

This is by no means the first skirmish in the region.

Yesterday, Apple won the latest skirmish in a long-running global patent war against Samsung.

This is an early skirmish in a lengthy, hard-fought battle.

It is an early skirmish in the battle for Japan's economic future.