Sentence examples for fought determinedly from inspiring English sources

Disabled people have fought determinedly for equality, access, and an inclusive democracy.

Again the stubbornness of the rearguard proved vital; ten regiments fought determinedly as the first of Napoleon's troops (largely Portuguese and German conscripts) broke into the city.

One of its regiments, the First Texas, fought determinedly for a slice of land called Miller's cornfield; when the shooting was over, 186 of its 226 men were dead, wounded or missing – according to Simpson, the highest casualty rate of the bloodiest day of the war.

The hosts then fought determinedly to hold on for a share of the points.

The Spartans fought determinedly, particularly in the vicinity of Peisander's ship, but were eventually overwhelmed; large numbers of ships were sunk or captured, and the Spartan fleet was essentially wiped from the sea.

Michael O'Hanlon, a military analyst at the Brookings Institution, estimated that the United States could lose about 1,000 troops if portions of the Republican Guard and Special Republican Guard "fight determinedly". "This setting is much more favorable to them," he said, "and they may feel they have nowhere to run". Magnier reported from Kuwait and Richter from Washington.

Microsoft determinedly fought the long-running antitrust suit by the Justice Department and 18 states mainly over the issue of product design -- the "freedom to innovate," according to a Microsoft slogan.

As she determinedly fought sleep to complete the picture, Notre Dame overlooked the scene.

Some of them can be the result of what in Organization Theory we call "escalation of commitment"; we have committed to something, and determinedly fought for it – and perhaps for all the right reasons – but now that things have changed and it no longer makes sense, we may still be inclined to persist.

Even having fought back to within three points, English players kicked determinedly for touch as if forgetting France had lost only one lineout throw all night.

Although his first two daughters underwent the minimal form of cutting (known as "sunna"), he has fought the practice privately within his family and community just as determinedly as he works publically through Saleema.