Sentence examples for battle for something from inspiring English sources

"He's not afraid to battle for something, even with an uncertain outcome," he said.

But really, as Cruz's speech showed Friday, the bank has become a proxy battle for something else entirely: Government's place in business.

Even if you liked the larkiness of "Frances Ha," an existence founded on nothing but half-assed relationships and rental prices wound up looking perilously thin, whereas Josh and Cornelia seem honest — and oddly touching — in their battle for something more.

Even if you liked the larkiness of "Frances Ha," an existence founded on nothing but half-assed relationships and rental prices wound up looking perilously thin, whereas Josh and Cornelia seem honest and oddly touching in their battle for something more.

"We're going to embroil ourselves into Costa Mesa-style tactics that are losing in courts, and we're going to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars doing it, and we're going to fight a losing battle for something that's less than 1% of our budget," Shaw said.

Yet, right at the end, serendipity served up a contest of stunning ferocity, in which Wales fought to hold what they had (the title of Grand Slam champions) and Ireland battled for something that has eluded them since the powdered egg days of post-war austerity.

Recent Russian reporting makes clear the direct involvement of its combat troops in February's battle for Debaltsevo, something Nato did not even allege at the time.

It's a mental battle for me, something I have to deal with and work hard to try to understand what is different.

But this is more than a battle to stop something bad -- it's a fight for something better.

"We understood that Battle.net stood for something special — it represents years of shared history and enjoyment, community and friendship, for all of us and our players.

'There is a sense among all the younger figures that the Blair-Brown tribal battle is something for the previous generation,' one friend explains.