How to Use tooth and nail in a Sentence

tooth and nail

adverb
  • I'll fight tooth and nail to win the finals.
  • Guys used to fight tooth and nail for that to drive those runs in.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Starbucks has fought these efforts tooth and nail along the way.
    — Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Junior fought tooth and nail to bring his new monster to the big screen.
    — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2022
  • The Andreacchios have had to fight tooth and nail for the truth.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 4 Sep. 2021
  • Mo was always going to fight tooth and nail, no matter what.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 25 May 2026
  • People could have been fighting tooth and nail to keep me from being there.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 26 May 2026
  • Russia fought the new rules tooth and nail, yet finally had to yield.
    — Thane Gustafson, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Given the stakes, Google and its peers seem likely to fight tooth and nail.
    — Megha Mandavia, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Both teams, however, had to fight tooth and nail to score in the second half.
    — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Oct. 2020
  • Megan’s control over her output is at a level many fight tooth and nail to achieve.
    — Collier Schorr; Styling By Samira Nasr, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Feb. 2021
  • And so companies are going to fight tooth and nail to get that 2%.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • Plus, there's also Nicholas, who seems to fighting tooth and nail to get her back.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Investors fought tooth and nail to get onto deals that bought them little control.
    — Robert Stevens, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2022
  • And when employers were forced to raise pay, some fought such increases tooth and nail.
    — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 9 June 2021
  • The same cannot be said about Verstappen, who fought tooth and nail for this trophy.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 May 2022
  • And a good film makes our heroes or our villains have to fight tooth and nail in order to hold on to those things.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Focus Features will fight tooth and nail to get the film in front of the right awards voters.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Companies are fighting tooth and nail for the best tech talent, and there's not enough to go around.
    — Emilien Coquard, Forbes, 5 May 2021
  • While some teams know their fate, some will still fight tooth and nail for a spot in their respective conferences.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Croker is left to fight tooth and nail to defend his empire from a disastrous fall from grace.
    — Emily Maskell, Vulture, 3 June 2024
  • The Gulf Shores folks are fighting it tooth and nail, as if the fake shark posed a real threat.
    — J.d. Crowe | [email protected], al, 27 June 2021
  • Guys fought tooth and nail until the last whistle, and for that not to go in our favor kills the guys in our locker room.
    — Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com, 24 Nov. 2019
  • As businesses today fight tooth and nail to stay relevant, the search for an edge seems to be the holy grail.
    — Abdur Rehman, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • But just about all of them will battle tooth and nail to preserve a world where carbon pollution is free of charge.
    — Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology, Forbes, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Houston, the Bearcats clawed tooth and nail for 40 minutes with the Cougars.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 28 Jan. 2023
  • The tobacco industry, of course, fights tooth and nail against such policies.
    — Kelly Henning, CNN, 21 July 2021
  • For a decade, these three have fought tooth and nail for championships and often kept the rest of the series at bay in doing so.
    — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 17 June 2018
  • The Federal Reserve will fight tooth and nail to prevent that.
    — Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2021
  • These girls are fighting tooth and nail to occupy the few seats that are there, leaving their homes, walking for miles and miles and miles.
    — Samantha Barry, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2023

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