Sentence examples for highly fought from inspiring English sources

The district's older population, the most reliable voting bloc, has been highly fought over.

In 1992, during the highly fought Major-Kinnock campaign – both sides phoned the extended 9 O'Clock News, which I was editing at the time, more or less every night.

It is a mark of how highly Fighting Words is regarded (and a measure of Doyle's charm) that the compilation has attracted such notable contributors.

Much like Nerkh, Sayadabad District is a highly contested area, fought over by government forces, the Taliban and sometimes other militants.

Mr. Thorson later sued for $113 million in palimony, ultimately losing a highly public battle fought both in court and in the tabloids.

Kevin De Bruyne scored twice as highly fancied Wolfsburg fought back from a goal down to defeat Internazionale 3-1 in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 clash.

Steve Farhood, the former editor of Ring Magazine, said Forrest was talented enough to deserve a title fight, even though he has not fought many highly ranked fighters.

In World War II, we fought with highly competent leadership for a constant objective that could be obtained by military action, and the actions in which our soldiers were killed were necessary to the victory.

A highly decorated officer who fought for France in every major conflict since World War I, Jacques Émile Charles Marie Massu joined General de Gaulle's Free French forces in 1940 after scribbling, "Nous vaincrons" (We shall win) in his diary.

As with almost everything swallowed up by US-Cuban relations, he became the object of a bitter dispute, as relatives in Miami and his father in Cuba fought a highly politicised campaign for custody that only ended when armed agents raided the relatives' house in Little Havana in April 2000, seizing Elian and returning him to his father.

"I wanted to put the record straight - but I also wanted to prove that I had overcome my demons," added Rose, who fought the highly rated American Demetrius Andrade for the WBO light-middleweight world title in New York last year.