Sentence examples for was battle from inspiring English sources
noun
A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.
Soon there was battle on the pitch and police, some of them on horseback, had to come back into Hampden to restore order.
Never was battle joined with more fury than in 1976, when the outcome was decided in the final minutes of the final race, and settled by a single point.
Yet anyone who observed the literary phenomenon that was "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" by Ms. Chua, published last year by the Penguin Press, knows that if there was ever a time when parenting books had to be calm and gentle, with soothing advice for sorting out the mysteries of rearing children, this is not it.
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Speaking to BBC Sport's Colin Murray after the match, newly crowned champion Waites said: "All I tried to do was battle my way to a few sets in front.
A former member of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve, Prof Randy Kroszner, told the BBC that Ms Yellen was "battle tested" and would be driven by the data in deciding when to reduce support to the markets.
Its carapace was battle-scarred, its huge head raised, its beady eyes fixed on us.
The wartime metropolis of her memory was battle-scarred but indomitable.
Ms. Mead, only 21 at the time, was battle-weary and blunt.
"After the War of Spanish Succession ended in 1714, Europe was battle-weary," Mr. Synge said.
Much of the brothers' early work was battle-of-the-sexes oriented and aligned with the sexist conventions of the day.
