Sentence examples for serve against from inspiring English sources

"serve against" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when you want to describe someone or something defending against an attack or offense. For example, "The veteran soldier was determined to serve against the enemy."

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Kimiko Date-Krumm prepares to serve against Alexandra Cadantu.

Against Zeballos he won 25 from 25 on first serve against a good player".

The outside slice, outside serve against the backhand, the righty have the same on the deuce.

He found his serve against at just the moment Davydenko's tennis fell to pieces.

After service in the Saxon Army (1772 92), Dąbrowski joined the Poles to serve against the Russians in 1792.

"No break for me still," Djokovic reminded his audience in London after losing and struggling with his serve against Berdych.

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Maria Sharapova serves against Kristina Mladenovic.

In apartheid South Africa every dish was served against a backdrop of racial oppression.

Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty 11.09am BST Djibouti's Yasmin Hassan Farah concentrates on serving against Brazil's Caroline Kumahara.

More sophisticated fare is available, too, served against the rustic backdrop of beamed ceilings and semi-authentic crumbling stone walls.

A charming, impressionistic reproduction shows a few typical Thai dishes being served against a stylized Thai landscape.

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