Sentence examples for battled off from inspiring English sources

They brought with them heavy weapons and a new determination to overthrow the Malian government, which they had battled off and on for decades in a largely secular struggle for greater autonomy.

The fleets battled off Grenada, with d'Estaing prevailing over Byron's disorganized attack.

"In its 50's heyday, 3-D was a desperate attempt by the Hollywood studios to provide novelty to battle off the nemesis of television," Mr. Thompson said.

And to add to the strangeness of the game, the Indians were able to do just enough battling off Cubs' star pitcher Jon Lester to take the opening game.

All this while battling off a nasty bout of flu.

Unknown to the French authorities, a British expeditionary force had already captured the island, and Roquebert's squadron was ambushed in May 1811 and brought to battle off Tamatave in Madagascar.

Though the raid was ultimately unsuccessful because Plancarte Solís managed to avoid capture by sending several gunmen from his inner circle to battle off the soldiers, the authorities discovered several documents written for Moreno González.

"The way they battled, fouling off a lot of pitches, it was really tough," Santana said.

The accord pushes most of the budget battles off until after the 2016 presidential election.

He battled his tail off, he did a terrific job in there".

David Wagner hailed Huddersfield Town's "fighting spirit" as they battled to see off Burton Albion 1-0.