Sentence examples for fighting contests from inspiring English sources

Yet even this promotion spells certain death in fighting contests staged for patricians like General Crassus (Laurence Olivier).

In Northern Montenegro, peasants rub Phallus impudicus on the necks of bulls before bull fighting contests in an attempt to make them stronger.

The set-up, all about underground gladiatorial fighting contests, is familiar, but Bizarre Creations, like Free Radical Design, always brings fresh ideas into well-trodden locations.

In areas with a history of tribal warfare, mock fighting contests are held, such as caci in Flores and pasola in Sumba.

And along much of that border we're fighting, contesting ISIS.

Fairs, festivals, and "kite-fighting" contests are held in the parks.

Boxing first appeared as a formal Olympic event in the 23rd Olympiad (688 bce), but fist-fighting contests must certainly have had their origin in mankind's prehistory.

Robinson spent the rest of the 1960s fighting 10-round contests.

In many animal contests, fighting abilities of opponents are assessed directly during the physical interaction or indirectly when visual, auditory or chemical cues are correlated with fighting ability [1], [3] [10].

But the Tigers stayed in the contest, fighting back with tries to Martin Taupau and Curtis Sironen to get within a converted try.

Initially yes, but it turned out to be an unequal contest, fighting a reluctant and badly equipped enemy.