Sentence examples for * the skirmish from inspiring English sources

He lost a leg in the skirmish.

Mr. Fernandez, not surprisingly, kept out of the skirmish.

The Komodo dragon, unharmed in the skirmish, has been quarantined.

The Union commander retaliated for the skirmish by burning down the town.

Burnett's wife, Roma Downey, disputed Arnold's account of the skirmish at the party.

There was the skirmish with county Health Department officials over the placement of septic systems.

Then, the skirmish erupted into a full-throttle attack on Harris.

In Balzac's Le Cousin Pons the skirmish over a collection destroys the collector.

But that's not a win; that's just part of the skirmish.

One Israeli soldier was slightly wounded in the skirmish, which lasted more than two hours.

Now another campaign was taking place -- the skirmish between enforcers and cheats.