Sentence examples for by doing battle with from inspiring English sources

The first consists in a spiritual purification of one's own heart by doing battle with the devil and overcoming his inducements to evil.

What I did not realize was that the speech was delivered at a meeting of the National Association of Evangelicals, probably not a group overtly familiar with the movies, but definitely a group that knew the Book of Revelation from the New Testament where John calls on Christians to hasten the coming of the Kingdom of God by doing battle with the Roman evil empire.

I compromised by handing it to a saleswoman doing battle with a roll of gift wrap, who assured me that she'd alert a manager.

By 2006, a Marine captain in South Carolina was doing battle with JPMorgan Chase to get the mortgage interest rate reductions the act requires.

Surrounded by his underlings, he makes a lame joke about doing battle with his chancellor.

It is doing battle with Con Edison over the destruction of fish caused by the power station at Indian Point.

And for gardeners doing battle with slugs?

Which may, it seems, include doing battle with Mr. Paul.

My biographical scruples were doing battle with fictional licence.

By Anthony Lane Ultron does battle with Iron Man in the new installment of the Avengers saga, written and directed by Joss Whedon.

Guillermo del Toro, a Con deity because he's such a passionate geek himself, started the Warner Bros session by previewing a few minutes from July 2013 release Pacific Rim, in which giant robots piloted by humans do battle with giant monsters.