Sentence examples for first battling from inspiring English sources
Mrs. Ryan's mother struggled with cancer for the last 35 years of her life, first battling advanced melanoma, then breast cancer, then ovarian cancer and a recurrence of the melanoma she thought she had beat.
He was viewed unfavorably by a majority of Nevada voters, upset with his partisan role as Senate majority leader, first battling former President George W. Bush and then championing President Obama's policies, in particular the health care legislation.
Before this project, Ms. Mansfield confronted a Job-like series of challenges, first battling breast cancer (the subject of her photo series "Aftermath") and then sustaining a wrist injury at work that required scores of surgeries.
Monitor"; Ivan Musicant, "Divided Waters: The Naval History of the Civil War"; James L. Nelson, "Reign of Iron: The Story of the First Battling Ironclads, The Monitor and the Merrimack"; the Mariner's Museum web site.
To make his point he describes an encounter with the Florida-based hair restoration company, the Hair Club, back in the late 80s when he was first battling hair loss.
Udemas fought in both the First and Second Battles of Svensksund.
Costs could be the first battle.
And the first battle set the tone.
Many were killed in their first battle.
Now he has lost the first battle.
