Sentence examples for he battled himself from inspiring English sources
Last night he battled himself and the Diamondbacks to keep the Yankees in this game.
At the end of the night, after mugging for fans' cameras and doing sexually suggestive push-ups and hopping around the stage as if he were battling himself, Lil Wayne got serious.
On Friday he seemed to battle himself, alternately fooling Toronto hitters — he generated an astounding 15 swings-and-misses — and inviting them to pounce.
It was not the first time the Wearsider - who is a two-time ABAE Seniors winner - had faced adversity, having been under the knife three times in four years while he battled to establish himself as one of Britain's leading amateurs.
We had the Maria Sharapova and Rafael Nadal impersonations earlier in the week, but yesterday Novak Djokovic needed to concentrate on just being himself as he battled sickness and a rugged opponent in David Ferrer in the semi-final of US Open.
Then there is the drug-dealer father who brought his son up to be a macho man who would never run away from a fight; best friends who were addicts; and stints in jail for beatings and stabbings that only fuelled the violence, as he battled to stand up for himself inside.
Along the way his No. 1 obstacle is himself, as he battles his own self-doubt, as when he proclaims, "She's something and I'm nothing".
In Washington, Republicans have bristled at Obama's attempt to affiliate himself with the pope while he battles U.S. bishops.
