Sentence examples for sharp battle from inspiring English sources

"It was a pretty sharp battle within the agency," said a former senior intelligence official.

It also draws sharp battle lines with Hillary Clinton, given Pence's reputation as a crusader against abortion, gay rights and Planned Parenthood.

In near-simultaneous appearances about 1,700 miles apart, Mr. Obama and Mr. McCain drew sharp battle lines on Iraq and Afghanistan, where rapidly evolving events have tested the candidates and their positions.

ALBANY — Both houses of the State Legislature passed budgets on Tuesday that rejected crucial provisions of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's overhaul of Medicaid and restored hundreds of millions of dollars in proposed cuts to education, drawing sharp battle lines with the governor two weeks before the deadline to pass a spending plan.

WASHINGTON — The top two Senate Republicans declared Sunday that they would vote against President Obama's nuclear treaty with Russia as the bipartisan spirit of last week's tax-cut deal devolved into a sharp battle over national security in the waning days of the session.

Her tactical skills are formidable she fought and won a sharp battle to get rid of the country's high-profile foreign minister, Vygaudas Usackas (who is now the European Union's envoy to Afghanistan).That leaves her (at least in her own eyes) as the unquestioned leader of Lithuania's foreign policy.

But this is an innovative spin on the collecting/evolving/battling genre, with short and sharp battles and plenty of strategic depth.

Sharp battles have been reported in recent days between rebels and government forces just inside the border of Myanmar, formerly Burma.

On the way, the marines encountered a number of sharp battles and small, ill-organized attacks, mostly by militias loyal to the Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein.

After a hard-fought Republican primary race that featured sharp battles among candidates over health care, abortion, immigration and education, the gender gap yawned most recently in a Washington Post/ABC News poll this week.

It's a cross between the card-battling and tower defence genres, as you collect and upgrade your warrior cards, and take on players around the world in short, sharp battles.