Sentence examples for and fought in a from inspiring English sources

They are intercepted by the territory owner and fought in a so-called "spinning-wheel" dance.

In 1861 he enlisted in the 9th Indiana Volunteers and fought in a number of American Civil War battles, including Shiloh and Chickamauga.

When the students were done, some stayed and fought in a foreign Taliban brigade, much of which was taken prisoner this week.

There he commanded a division of the Army of Italy and fought in a French victory at the battle in Pozzolo (25 December) against the Austrians.

McLain returned to Iraq in 2008 and fought in a major battle in the southern city of Basra, where U.S. and Iraqi troops had been sent to quell an insurgent uprising.

Now every soldier is a hero defending American freedom, even if that soldier did nothing particularly heroic and fought in a war where America's freedom was never at risk.

So I had this brilliant idea, which was to go and fight in a war somewhere.

"When you go and fight in a war, when you spill blood for your country, your instinct is to fight back and defend your record".

Still, unlike other tycoons before him -- Boris A. Berezovsky and Vladimir A. Gusinsky -- who fled Russia when the government turned against them, Mr. Khodorkovsky decided to stay and fight in a legal and political struggle with a very uncertain outcome.

"He has developed a very interesting career doing the thing that he does, which is take his suit off and fight in a straight action film," said Kermode, adding: "Frankly in a Jason Statham movie nobody cares about the women".

Unlike American forces in the field, who live and fight in a combat zone, the analysts here went home to their families each day after helping to wage war.