Sentence examples for down the battle from inspiring English sources

Now, with the mediation recently broken down, the battle is heating up again.

Unless one party backs down, the battle could escalate into a reprise of the partisan strife that paralyzed the Senate for several weeks over the summer.

While riding down the battle line, a Minié ball struck him above the right eye and tore through his head to exit behind his right ear.

Pinckney's death pricked the consciences of his colleagues, who subsequently cited his work for racial harmony as they debated pulling down the battle flag.

But if his next choice alters the political balance or comes when his poll numbers are down, the battle could become much fiercer.

Few in Somalia — or the American military — have forgotten Black Hawk Down, the battle in October 1993 when Somali militiamen in flip-flops killed 18 American soldiers, including members of the Army's elite Delta Force.

Finally, the easiest way to survive the pregnancy was to give up and to put down the battle-axe.

The PKK is bogged down in the battle with Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, and cannot afford to resume fighting within Turkey.

They had little access to food, water or power, as shops shut down and the battle had damaged infrastructure.

He is thought to have been a Luftwaffe pilot shot down during the Battle of Normandy in June 1944.

After a roaring time in the late 1990s, the share price slid in 2000, weighed down by the battle for Klöckner-Werke, for which WCM paid in shares.