Sentence examples for a pitched battle between from inspiring English sources

Staged a pitched battle between ants and termites?

The making of "Sabrina" involved a pitched battle between the director Billy Wilder and the writer Ernest Lehman about whether the romance between Hepburn's character and Humphrey Bogart's would be consummated.

However, conditions in County Armagh gave rise to bitter sectarian strife, and a pitched battle between Protestant and Catholic factions at the Diamond (near Loughgall) in September 1795 led to the founding of the Orange Society (later known as the Orange Order), which was devoted to maintaining British rule and Protestant ascendancy.

On 18 April a pitched battle between several Greek units and the LSSAH brigade which had by then reached Grevena erupted.

This is not a pitched battle between Christian and secular Australia.

A pitched battle between separatist guerrillas and the army in late April claimed another 32 lives, 11 of them civilians.

KABUL, Afghanistan — Only two days after joint operations between American and Afghan forces were said to be returning to normal, five people — two Americans and three Afghans — were killed when a pitched battle broke out between soldiers of the two sides, American and Afghan officials said Sunday.

Matters came to a head last month, when a pitched battle raged for several hours one night between gangs of Moroccans and Nigerians wielding clubs, machetes, knives and crowbars.

Shots were exchanged and a pitched battle ensued.

The Russians withdrew to the Shevardino Redoubt, where a pitched battle ensued.

Violence reached a peak on 12 August 1969, culminating in the Battle of the Bogside a three-day pitched battle between residents and the RUC.