Sentence examples for severe fighting from inspiring English sources

The region where the flight was lost has seen severe fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia separatist rebels in recent days.

On Sept. 11, 1814, his 14-ship fleet met the British in the harbour and after several hours of severe fighting forced the 16-vessel squadron to surrender, thus saving New York and Vermont from invasion.

The troops did some severe fighting and marched over several hundred miles through what was then an almost unbroken wilderness, in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

But the severe fighting that has taken place indicates that from the start the odds were against the invasion's being a success.

They were subdued by German forces in 1898, but only after seven years of severe fighting and after Mkwawa had committed suicide to avoid capture.

All through the day they have been engaged in severe fighting, in the course of which at least seven planes on both sides have been brought down.

The engagement was named, "the Battle of Frenchman's Creek" by the Canadians, after the location of some of the severest fighting.

When severe fire fighting sets in, managers and engineers find themselves spending more time responding to irate queries than working productively.

That put him at a severe disadvantage fighting charges premised on subtle interpretations of Japanese law and involving complex transactions executed as far back as 10 years.

The city suffered severe damage from fighting in both 1919 and 1944.

Dr. Carlo Bayrakdarian, attending psychiatrist at the hospital and instructor at the college, is investigating the effects of nitrous oxide on smokers who have just quit and are fighting severe cravings to light up again.