Sentence examples for savage struggle from inspiring English sources
From the 5th century the relaxation of imperial Roman authority brought on a reassertion and growth of native cultures that is, wherever the people were not wholly occupied in a savage struggle for mere existence against aggressive tribes migrating across Europe (e.g., Avars, Slavs, and Saxons).
A savage struggle, sometimes hand-to-hand, developed around the hill, lasting until just after dark.
The titanic, savage struggles of early 1918 have not been pounded into popular memory in the same way as earlier battles.
"The fierce struggle for survival eroded the veneer of civilization and made savages of us all," Sledge wrote.
Kiev was in the grip of a savage power struggle as several armies – assorted combinations of Bolsheviks, monarchists, nationalists, Germans and Poles – fought for control of the city.
I interviewed the widow of a man killed as a spy by Maoist extremists, a victim of a savage power struggle over power and money more than ideology.
It also bares comparison with Jonze's previous film, Where the Wild Things Are, in which a seemingly utopian environment becomes the setting for a savage power struggle leading to wounded friendships.
He would have enjoyed No Country for Old Men, in which shots ring out on nearly every page as men hunt each other and human life is reduced to a savage, blind struggle for survival.
Over the next two days the 3rd Battalion fought a savage battle with the Japanese defenders for the Chonito Cliffs and Fonte Plateau area, as the battalion struggled to capture the Mt. Tenjo Road.
A savage battle followed.
