Fought

Examples

• The Bell Company fought alone against the Western Union, and it was a struggle of giants. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• We fought in Segovia at the start of the movement but we were beaten and we ran. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• It was made in America, and he fought the Indian wars and the war of the Revolution with it. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• How I fought through it, _I_ don't know,' said Bounderby. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• It had fought gamely with floods and droughts, with cholera and panics, with desperadoes and with land thieves. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• There is, there must be some way, and John Carter, who has fought his way through a strange world for love of you, will find it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• During the night, General Banks fell back to Pleasant Hill, where another battle was fought on the 9th, and the enemy repulsed with great loss. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• We fought behind breastworks, which accounts in some degree for the disparity. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He fought all through the long War of Independence--seven years--and then appears to have settled down at Stonington, Connecticut. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• And this, in especial, is the valiant Knight who fought so bravely for the deliverance of him for whom we this day mourn. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The Princess's guard fought nobly to the end, but they were soon overcome and slain. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Whitney had fought long and hard, and had at last received at least partial justice. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Straight for his flier he would leap while those of his comrades who fought near by would rush to cover his escape. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• He had fought his cousin Pitt with the gloves. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The man of Barsoom, she finally ventured, does not ask personal questions of women, except his mother, and the woman he has fought for and won. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Shiloh was the severest battle fought at the West during the war, and but few in the East equalled it for hard, determined fighting. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• She fought the women with indomitable courage, and they could not talk scandal in any tongue but their own. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Fancy that he fired in the air, and you've fought a duel, Giles. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• In his life he had fought for his tribe, even if he had bullied it. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Of course there was frequent skirmishing between pickets, but no serious battle was fought near either Petersburg or Richmond. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The battle of Molino del Rey was fought on the 8th of September. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Across it Egypt, and whatever power was ascendant in the north, fought for empire; against its people they fought for a trade route. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Instantly he drew his long-sword, and thus evenly armed we set to in earnest for one of the closest battles I ever have fought. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The Ottoman Turk had even taken to the sea, and fought the Venetian upon his own Mediterranean waters. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He was down once, but they made a ring round him, and fought their way along. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He fought the town-boys. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• When Stephenson had built his locomotive he fought for it, he made men take an interest in it, and the world accept it. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Some of the latter fought stoutly; others remembered that they too were Greeks. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Long have I fought with death, and much (he stretched out his thin hand) much have I suffered in the struggle. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Thomas fought and won the battle of Mill Springs before we returned. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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