Sentence examples for were fought off from inspiring English sources

Aside from two early episodes of rejection, which were fought off with medication, her body has accepted the tissue.

They were fought off by residents who opened fire, killing one attacker, said villagers who were contacted by telephone.

Calls by Liberal Democrat activists for Britain's nuclear submarine fleet to be scrapped were fought off today by the party's leadership.

Rival bids from Florence, Barcelona and Edinburgh were fought off, and Verity has now watched the Grand Départ take place in Leeds.

But most of its other ideas for tax cuts intended to stimulate the economy were fought off by the Finance Ministry, which worries about the nation's exploding fiscal deficit.

In central Najaf, 120 miles south of Baghdad, members of the militia aligned with Mr. Sadr, the Mahdi Army, attacked a police station late Wednesday night, but were fought off by police.

The Devil was fought off by the light in him.

The first suspect, who was fought off by the serviceman, is aged between 20 and 30 and about 6ft tall.

Previous bids to enclose the net (*cough* Microsoft *cough*) have been fought off by competitors, notably Google.

The attacker had climbed through the window into their son's room and had to be fought off before fleeing.

"Oblivion" is set in 2077, 60 years after aliens invaded Earth and had to be fought off with nuclear weapons, leaving the planet uninhabitable.