Sentence examples for fist from inspiring English sources

The word "fist" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a clenched hand, or to refer to a punch delivered with a clenched hand. Example sentence: He clenched his fist and shouted angrily at his opponent.

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fist

noun

The act of breaking wind; fise.

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Ahead of Jonathan's arrival, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, a former militant leader, rode through the crowds, his fist raised in the air as he sat on a black Mercedes.

Fitt and Devlin, coming from similar backgrounds and with similarly explosive temperaments, once had to be dragged out of a fist fight behind the Speaker's chair at Stormont.

Poroshenko joined in the chorus of one song, pumping his fist and shouting, "Glory to Ukraine!" The singers drowned out protesters who had gathered across the street, including one in a Russian scarf, accusing the Ukrainian president of ignoring atrocities against civilians in rebel-held cities.

I couldn't say with absolute certainty that he is deliberately setting out to be regarded as the most unpleasant man in the business, but he is certainly making a good fist of it.

Today, almost 100 years after "The Swimmers" appeared, the Occupy movement has clenched its fist around the same angry realisation that we are all the 99%, not the 1%.

Can Argentina make a better fist of it this time round?

As a feminist who has devoted her entire adult life to campaigning against unspeakable atrocities toward women committed by violent men, I find the idea of Brown's "rebranding" as a "hard man" ready to "pummel David Cameron into defeat with his bare fist" deeply offensive.

Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 5.55am BST05:55 Joe Biden has an iron fist beneath an iron glove: "Even before we knew what had happened to the ambassador, the governor was holding a press conference.

The whistle went and back in his office at Camp Nou Luis Enrique clenched his fist, just like the security guard before him.

The second of a Premier League double header on Sky Sports 1, the fist Live Super Sunday, featuring Newcastle's 2-1 win over Aston Villa, had 1.44 million viewers (10%) between 1pm and 3.30pm, with a five-minute peak of 1.9 million.

Divide and Exit – Sleaford Mods' seventh album, though the first that's finally attracted any sort of mainstream attention – has been described as some sort of portrait of Britain under the iron fist of Tory austerity.

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