Sentence examples for battle occupies from inspiring English sources

What is essentially an academic turf battle occupies the first two of his book's three sections.

The battle occupied three days.

Though the climactic battle scene occupies only a page and a half of Lewis's original text for "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," it seems certain to figure much more strongly in the film.

After last week's vote, that battle may occupy him for some time to come.

"It's like Asterix and Obelix," he said, referring to the feisty comic book Gauls who battle the occupying Romans — and sometimes each other.

10 30 A.M. (Showtime) THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY (2007) Two brothers (Cillian Murphy, near right, and Padraic Delaney, far right) battle the occupying British in 1920s Ireland in this stark, bloody drama from Ken Loach, which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006.

Since it began in 2003, "Battlestar Galactica," based on a TV series from the 1970s, has gained attention for its frank treatment of issues that seem to mirror ones on Earth: resistance fighters who use terrorism to battle an occupying army; interrogation techniques and the rights of prisoners of war; genocide; and weapons of mass destruction.

If the Persians at the outset of the battle were occupying the ends of the whole strait between Salamis and the mainland, it is not clear how the Corinthians could get to this point.

Building social links between party members enhances abilities, while battles themselves occupy a satisfying space between accessibility and complexity.

Its battles with Occupy Wall Street have generated criticism that it fails to respect the rights of those engaged in lawful dissent.

The battles that occupy progressives' energies are almost invariably trivial in their impact – relative to these three fulcrums of the economy.