Sentence examples for fists from inspiring English sources

"There was a barrier between us so I had to jump over it," he says now. "That's all, otherwise I might have just steamed in with my fists.

Danny Welbeck may have been heading towards the exit at Manchester United for some time now, a beautifully willing high-pedigree athlete who seems to have been haring off down the same blind alley – knees high, teeth gritted, gloved fists pumping – for pretty much the past two years.

It's perfect for giving you the speed to get out ahead of the pack on the swim, avoiding those flying fists and flailing legs behind.

However, the tabloid Fakt, citing witnesses, reported on Wednesday that it was the man who first attacked Sabina, hitting the 200kg (440lbearear with his fists.

Women who have to put up with violent male bullies in their everyday life really do not wish to see Brown on posters, shaking his fists and threatening to strike the next person who stands in his way.

He had a slight stammer and whenever he was angry and could not get his words out quickly enough, he would use his fists.

He is screaming and sobbing and pounding his fists.

Babies and toddlers, as anyone who has lived in close proximity to one will know, are not always terribly good at articulating what they feel, but they are very good at acting out their emotions: they bite, they scream, they lie on the floor and beat their fists and generally try to squirm out of situations that don't appeal to them.

The posters show two clenched fists with the words "liar" spelled out above the knuckles of each and the Liberal Democrat logo above the "i" on the first.

I'll be walking to the shops, clenching and re-clenching my fists, not realising what I'm doing until a passerby looks at me, alarmed.

People are basically willing to raise fists over this.