Sentence examples for be fought off from inspiring English sources

The attacker had climbed through the window into their son's room and had to be fought off before fleeing.

"Oblivion" is set in 2077, 60 years after aliens invaded Earth and had to be fought off with nuclear weapons, leaving the planet uninhabitable.

Rather, the damage it does to the immune system opens an individual to other infections that would frequently be fought off by a healthy body.

In the next few months he was assailed by an incompetent architect and builders, his assistant cleaned out his bank account and vanished, and the police took to raiding the house and had to be fought off by his army of builders.

More than 180 different pixel monsters must be fought off to finish the game.

It treats both as threats that either need to be fought off or run away from".

The Devil was fought off by the light in him.

Aside from two early episodes of rejection, which were fought off with medication, her body has accepted the tissue.

The first suspect, who was fought off by the serviceman, is aged between 20 and 30 and about 6ft tall.

They were fought off by residents who opened fire, killing one attacker, said villagers who were contacted by telephone.

Previous bids to enclose the net (*cough* Microsoft *cough*) have been fought off by competitors, notably Google.