Sentence examples for battle was defined from inspiring English sources

Much of the Clinton-Sanders battle was defined by the singular question of how to treat Wall Street: whether the bailout was justified and whether bank regulation went far enough.

That battle was defined largely by the unshakable, grandiose convictions of low-taxes, small-government puritans in the House, for whom Cut, Cap and Balance wasn't so much a three-pronged wager as a holy trinity, promising salvation.

The political battle was defined as Turkey's culture wars, identity politics, and the clash of worldviews for the soul of the country.

Only when the battle is defined this way can it achieve the desired results, have its magical polarizing effect.

Till the bitter end on Tuesday, both primary battles were defined by lavish spending and caustic attacks.

"If the last century was defined by battles between ideologies … it's clear that the 21st will be marked by conflicts over religious truths and extremism," said the LPO's chief executive and artistic director Timothy Walker.

For a man whose career at the Central Intelligence Agency was defined by the battle against Islamic terrorism, the failure to capture his nemesis can only be a bitter regret.

The country has an infinite attraction for those like myself whose childhood was saturated in Christianity and part of whose adolescence was defined in the battle against it.

But if we want to narrow the definition of "battle" to be defined as a single uninterrupted moment of conflict, then September 12, 1683 is a strong contender for both number of combatants simultaneously engaged, and because at 5 PM that day there occurred what could well be the most awesome spectacle in the history of battle.

And this battle will be defined by who is on this committee.

This back-and-forth argument, about whether a conflict can be defined by its battle space or intensity, is irrelevant, says Geoffrey Corn, a career Army officer who served as the senior Army advisor on the law of war.