Sentence examples for protracted fighting from inspiring English sources

A new source of emeralds was opened up when the Spanish, after much torture and protracted fighting, discovered the Colombian mines that were the source of the emeralds found in Mexico and Peru.

In his speech to the nation Monday, Trump instead offered protracted fighting against resurgent Islamist insurgents who have gained ground over the last year, and a promise that the 16-year war might end "some day" in a negotiated settlement — if the U.S.-led military effort is successful.

Large agricultural harvests in some regions of the world are buoying global food supply conditions, but protracted fighting and unrest are increasing the ranks of the displaced and hungry elsewhere, according to the new edition of FAO's Crop Prospects and Food Situation report.

Efforts to bring in humanitarian aid through the southern port of Umm Qasr were delayed by stubbornly protracted fighting around it and the need for de-mining operations in the surrounding water, assisted by specially trained dolphins.Then there are the coalition casualties and captives.

After protracted fighting, the Chinese forces were driven out of Manchuria.

When, after protracted fighting in Mewar, Akbar captured the historic fortress of Chitor (now Chittaurgarh) in 1568, he massacred its inhabitants.

Judging by its determined resistance in the campaigns to liberate Tikrit, Ramadi and Fallujah, IS can be expected to mount a tenacious, scorched earth resistance that will see protracted urban fighting.

With the United States fighting protracted wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan, its military faces a shortage of a basic necessity: ammunition.

There and in a few other border areas in the northeast, the Indian army has been fighting protracted insurgencies, and committing  human rights violations in the process.

The cost of fighting protracted legal battles and maintaining separate facilities for those condemned to death looks increasingly unaffordable when schools and libraries are being closed.

With the Americans stuck fighting a protracted, murky war in Iraq, the Iranians felt they were in a position to defy the West even over the nuclear issue.