How to Use fight in a Sentence

fight

1 of 2 verb
  • He fought like a tiger.
  • They vowed to fight the invaders of their homeland.
  • We were fighting to protect our jobs.
  • When he was young he was always fighting.
  • He and his wife are always fighting over money.
  • Imavov has fought four times since then.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Imavov has fought four times since then.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Lemon vowed to fight the charges against him.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The best way to fight this may be to push back.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Hence, the next wars will be fought across physics and code.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Do not fight the symptom all day.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 26 May 2026
  • The crystal fights but cannot win.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
  • There was no fighting the game.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Why keep fighting to stay alive?
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 4 May 2026
  • Party hard and fight at the drop of a hat.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
  • Some guys will fight you on that a little bit.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Tigerfish fight you on the line.
    — Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • You’re supposed to get out there and fight.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The fire is fought by six engines and one hand crew.
    — Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • So might as well just fight and push back and stand our ground the whole time.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Luke Haught fought his way to 11 points.
    — Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The two foes fought a 12-day war in June.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
  • But Carolyn doesn’t want to fight.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Lots of men would have passed off that rod because the fish fought so hard.
    — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Up next, Nickal gets to fight in front of him.
    — Dan Gelston, Fortune, 13 June 2026
  • But sometimes the only thing to do is to fight.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
  • But the intent is to get out and fight this disease.
    — Dj Siddiqi, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Old men send young boys to fight and risk maiming or death for the rest of us.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • She is then forced to fight a vampire as a mere mortal.
    — ArsTechnica, 7 June 2026
  • Eye black is not the only way athletes fight glare.
    — Adam Annaccone, The Conversation, 22 June 2026

fight

2 of 2 noun
  • A fight broke out in the bar.
  • When he was young he was always getting into fights.
  • He got into another fight with his wife about money.
  • Great fight and very strong main card.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
  • There's been a few fights over there.
    — Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • And amid all this, there were the fights.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • Styles make fights, but so do the stakes.
    — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
  • And that – that fight is not won yet.
    — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • His fight lives on in all of us who loved him.
    — James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • That is why this fight is a fight for all of us.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The Wolves are still in the fight.
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • Every one of us has our own fight.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
  • More fights will no doubt soon follow.
    — Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2025
  • But more people joined the fight.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Just keep reeling and get ready for a fight.
    — Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The only thing that could break up the fight?
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Project kids just lean into a fight like this.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
  • Eight rounds later, the fight was over.
    — Matt Moret, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • To meet them, to hear from them, and to see their fight up close.
    — Samantha Barry, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Ever since that fight, the game was turned.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Feb. 2026
  • But who’s going to win the fight to the top?
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This fight card sure feels like the latter.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 18 May 2026
  • Police did not say what the fight was about.
    — John Dias, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • But by March, the fight seemed to have stalled out.
    — Kerry Sheridan, NPR, 28 Apr. 2026
  • And that caused a big fight between the two of us.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The bucks know there will be fights over the females.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Two things that can get you into a fight around here.
    — Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026
  • My client was present at a bar where a fight occurred.
    — Ross Guidotti, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • What a huge fight from the Red Raiders.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Wiens felt awkward, and the two had a bit of a fight about it.
    — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2025

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