Sentence examples for began fighting for from inspiring English sources

Facing poverty, Ms. Liu began fighting for redress in local courts.

If the food was in the store, people began fighting for food".

He began fighting for a church team, and then won two Golden Gloves championships.

They began fighting for a development project that would include it as a functioning terminal, rather than a museum piece.

"I began fighting for those issues, and stopping violence, and going to more of the community demonstrations," he said.

Some political analysts say hard-liners have ousted so-called moderates in every major reorganization of the rebels since they began fighting for independence in 1968.

Some of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants last year have been brainwashed to begin fighting for the Islamist group, with many carrying out public beatings and even killings, other captives have told the BBC.

In last week's issue, I wrote about fast-food workers who also look nothing like the stereotype, and who have begun fighting for an industry-wide raise and the right to unionize.

Now, it is time for you to begin fighting for the civil rights of our children.

Over the course of the yearlong investigation that followed, Howard -- who had previously had few interactions with police -- began to see local police officers as partners rather than patrolmen, forging bonds that would last far beyond the investigation and inspire her to begin fighting for the city's kids.

And Johnson argued in a con- tention that would be vindicated by history that although there was only one right remaining in the bill, that was the right that mattered: that it gave blacks the power to at least begin fighting for other rights.