How To Use Battle In A Sentence

The finishing line may be in sight but the final lap is shaping up to be an epic battle. Times, Sunday Times
For centuries, scholars have squabbled over the design of the ship, which was crucial to defeating the Persians in the Battle of Salamis in 480 B.C., part of a wider war that included the fight at Thermopylae dramatized in the film "300. Epic Struggle: Fans Fight to Revive an Oar-Powered Greek Warship
So spake he, and Athene was mightily angered at heart, and chid Odysseus in wrathful words: Odysseus, thou hast no more steadfast might nor any prowess, as when for nine whole years continually thou didst battle with the Trojans for high born Helen, of the white arms, and many men thou slewest in terrible warfare, and by thy device the wide-wayed city of Priam was taken. Book XXII
With the Senate gearing up for an all-consuming battle over judicial nominations, Congress has no time to waste.
The series ended with a battle between a door car and a dragster.

The panel with the all the Novas in battle is a little bit Sinestro Wars-esque. Nova #7 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
They are now locked in a bitter custody battle over their three children.
I am not a bit anxious about my battles, If I am anxious I don't fight them, I wait until I am ready.
During the take-over battle the stock quotations of both enterprises rose so that an investor would have to wait several hundred years to finance the purchase price of the shares from the present level of profits.
They were close to a little village which the English called Agincourt, and, though that is not quite its right name, it is what we have called the battle ever since. Young Folks' History of England
In the near rocks zone, a battle airship firmly adsorb to a great meteorolite, an eye warrior watch with scout far places of Flolamp fleets, soundless, Boss, Flolamp have leaved for Life Star. Mini Star | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles
If you look at the guys left in the battle, you ask who is the puppet master, who belongs to who? The Sun
Those of us who have greasy skin face a constant battle against shine and spots. The Sun
The figure is expected to double with legal costs and more court battles. The Sun
The man won his year-long battle to clear his name only after a bank worker was arrested for fraud. Times, Sunday Times
The battle against racial discrimination is not over.
It proved necessary to row ashore in a small dinghy, plunging through the hot spray past a Turkish battleship that had been moored for so long that the coral had grown up around it, immobilising it forever.
In this way, the Academy's representation of modernist pieces was only part of the battle.
The people who inhabited America at that time were fighting an uphill battle. Times, Sunday Times
The epic cricket battle between England and Australia has sparked a deluge of wagers. The Sun
Nick managed to move his battered body quickly enough to launch his own counter-blast, successfully stalemating the battleship's beam.
Since the anito is the cause of all bodily afflictions the chief function of the person who battles for the health of the afflicted is that of the exorcist, rather than that of the therapeutist. The Bontoc Igorot
As they go into battle, simultaneous armoured thrusts will be launched from Kuwait and Turkey.
The stunts are staged to increase the spectacle, so that when cars pile into each other or toy robots battle, there is an intricate detail and near artistic quality.
This capability has major logistic advantages in obviating the need to carry other fuels to battle.
The Warriors lost a battle despite outshooting and mostly outplaying their opponents.
The Twelfth" officially commemorates the July 12, 1690, triumph of Protestant King William of Orange versus the Catholic he deposed from the English throne, James II, at the Battle of the Boyne south of Belfast. Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News
Lycoth cleared a path by whirling his two battleaxes.
The Second Battle of Niagara Our dreams exceeding by thy bounteous spray.
I was right; this time the sonic landscape was less of a frequency battle and a much more harmonious experience. Times, Sunday Times
Aryan shrieks and runs out of my room, making such noise that her footfalls sound like an army trooping onto the battlefield.
Running low on fuel Fuchida headed directly back to the battle fleet, now 190 miles north of Oahu.
Except for the frequent conferences now in the new Forty-second Street offices that commanded a view of two rivers and a vast battledoor and shuttlecock of the city, it was the first time in all those years that stretched from the night at the Waldorf that they had sat thus tête-à-tête. Star-Dust
The commander countermanded the reinforcements to the battlefield.
“Hooray” can be dated back to 1686 and possibly comes from the German word “hurra,” thebattle-cry of Prussian soldiers during the War of Liberation (1812-13). Blog – syllable studio
'Socialism Now!' was their battle cry.
The lure of profit from gold and diamonds, as well as from minerals such as coltan, which is used to make mobile phones, have turned eastern Congo into a battlefield. The Guardian World News
As each hoplite was unshielded on his right side, he relied on the man next to him for protection, encouraging by necessity a strong sense of unity in battle. Alexander the Great
Those with a hearty appetite for the whiz of bullets, the bang of artillery, dying declarations, famous last words, and eyewitness accounts of the face of battle will not be disappointed.
An experienced guide will accompany the trip to commentate on specific battles.
It is not a battle for territorial domination, ideological supremacy or economic hegemony.
And the high profile court battles have shown how difficult it is to get medical experts to agree on how to interpret the facts of a case.
Activists who have fought land rights battles inspired by the Constitution are a weary, dispirited lot.
He battled on with temporary replacements, which kept getting dislodged in training and preseason games. The Sun
After losing this decisive battle, the general was forced to concede.
The wellingtonia in Orchard Close is thought to be 360 years old and part of an extended avenue planted to mark the route taken by the defeated King Charles after the Battle of Edgehill.
In life's earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail.
The deadline for acceptance of the offer is Thursday afternoon, but both sides have claimed they have the upper hand in a takeover battle which is becoming increasingly bitter.
The three of them continued to circle around each other in the endless waltz of the aerial battle.
In the marginals the battle was much closer than the national polls suggested.
This coming battle, if it materializes, represents a turning point in U.S. foreign policy and possibly a turning point in the recent history of the world.
The park is part of the site of the battle of Newtown from the American Revolution. News10Now - TOP STORIES
My best guess is if negotiations haven't got anywhere by the end of Eid, in other words towards the end of this week, then I think there will be a battle for Sirte, but not yet. ruled out the extradition of the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi . The Guardian World News
For wear with battle dress beginning in 1939, tam o'shanters and balmorals were designated as field dress.
Separate from the slapping lesbians, a battle began to rage between the lesbians who were pagans versus the lesbians who were Christians, and then the lesbians who wanted to have “baster babies” factioned off, too. Roseanne Archy
On the ‘digital’ battlefield there is a real likelihood that brigade commanders will talk directly to sergeants or corporals commanding sections and that intermediate officers will be sidelined.
The ferocious battle for good schools and good universities is so expensive and emotionally draining that no parent would want to endure it twice. Times, Sunday Times
The haircut is merely the latest stage in his curious and unusual battle to avoid overexposure.
Football is an interesting battle of brain as well as brawn and in the final term significant changes evolved in each team.
Again, here at CENTCOM, for the past few days they have been criticizing Iraqi military for what they term cowardice on the battlefield. CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2003
This has provoked anger among some Labour veterans who spent the Eighties in vicious battles with the impossibilist left to return the party to electability. Despite their hopes of a great revival, the left got left behind
In five months from January to May, 1944, the Allied troops were bogged down in a street-by-street battle.
He paints a hellish picture in which sea and sky become indistinguishable and the men battle for survival.
Maybe he could scan the spaceshuttle or a supersonic train as he entered earths atmosphere! then they could have someone to battle with devastator! Check This Out: Transformers Concept Art - Aircraft Carrier That Never Was « FirstShowing.net
Now, more than ever before, the study of battles will involve a literal trampling upon dead men's bones.
An interesting bit of backstory to the battle over Tim Burgess’ attempt to expand the definition of aggressive panhandling, which passed the city council 5-4 yesterday but faces a certain mayoral veto. After Giving Opponents Months to Organize Against Panhandling Proposal, Burgess Tried to Fast-Track Legislation « PubliCola
In the armies of classical Greece, the paean or war-chant was the standard opening to set-piece battles.
The New Zealander-Australian country music star battled an addiction to cocaine in the late '90s, but cleaned up before releasing his self-titled American debut in 2000.
Even with the addition of the Morning Post to the publishing empire in 1924, Die-hard journalism was fighting a losing battle.
I was not, for once, wearing my battledress trousers, but had put on my uniform skirt with my battledress top.
In life's earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail.
He can battle against opponents, outjump them and will get a regular supply of goals. Times, Sunday Times
They are bracing themselves for a long legal battle.
HISTORY buffs still wax poetic about the brutal patent battles a century ago between the Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss, another aviation pioneer.
I have battled with my conscience over whether I should actually send this letter.
Underachievers, they were known for losing the mildest battle of nerves, not a cornered tiger among them.
Roland, Gabriel and I had been prepared for this battle, but still we were inadequate.
The long-awaited opening will mark the triumphant end of a battle stretching back up to four years.
After a particularly harrowing battle where the squad is able to overcome a Nazi ambush Zab is asked about what happened and can barely remember the event. Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat
Supporting families is set to become a key political battleground between Labour and the Conservatives at the general election. Times, Sunday Times
After the battle both sides claimed victory.
It is not a battle for territorial domination, ideological supremacy or economic hegemony.
The strikers may have won the battle, but they lost the war.
Currently the at-risk register covers a national view of archaeology, monuments, gardens, conservation areas, places of worship, wrecks and battlefields. Times, Sunday Times
On Navy Day July 27, 2008 the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky spoke of a revival of Russian naval power over the next decade and declared that the navy would add six carrier battle groups to its complement of warships. News on www.kyivpost.com
Immediately after winning the battle, he resumed the policies that had forestalled military success.
Coupe has had to redraw the battle plan. Times, Sunday Times
The Marine Corps is usually conservative in distributing medals, but the battles of March and April here are certain to bring a significant number of citations for bravery, officials said.
Certainly not establishing any huge steps forward for the aeronautical field, the specification called for a robust aircraft that could operate from the catapults being carried by the battleships and cruisers of the day.
Their conceptions of the battles between good and evil were almost identical, with Christianity adopting millennial epochs that were integral to Mithraism from Zoroastrianism .
She ran to alert neighbours who battled in vain to douse the blaze until firefighters arrived. The Sun
Every battle ever fought there was fought over control of the seaway.
That the enemy had not singled Winfred out to be easy prey was nothing short of pure fortune, especially with the battle still raging before his eyes.
When Sir Beaumains heard her say so, he abraid up with a great might and gat him upon his feet, and lightly he leapt to his sword and gripped it in his hand, and doubled his pace unto the Red Knight, and there they fought a new battle together. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table, Volume 1
The battle was won at great cost in human lives.
The story of Fermat's Last Theorem, the centuries spent trying to find a proof and Professor - now Sir - Andrew Wiles's final victory, is recounted in a book by Simon Singh , a physicist and author also famous for his battle to change the libel laws after he was sued for calling pseudoscientific medical treatments "bogus" . Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
They grouped themselves and ranged the battle array. Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 1: From the Beginning to 1715
Only in the far east were conditions different and more favourable to battle.
What this means in totality is that he has to think strategically before barging into a battle, otherwise he could get killed. Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Problematic Superpowers and How to Make Them Work
It reminded her of waking in the Karien camp the morning of the battle. TREASON KEEP
The embattled mayor explained his position in an interview after the rally.
My plan is usually to remove the Helblaster from the battlefield before I advance.
As the battle stations alert and klaxon alarm sounded, he donned a helmet and life jacket as he left the bridge and headed below. CHAINS OF COMMAND
European settlers nearly wiped them out and mass battles ensued with cowboys. The Sun
Slightly more beguiling is the debate format, where representatives of contrasting positions do battle, and leave it to the reader to decide — with the implicaiton that the reader is now somehow in a position to do so. Perils of pop philosophy
Though the bottom ten feet or so had been polished smooth, the flanks higher up were like crumbling battlements. Tuning the Rig: A Journey to the Arctic
He was a Navy lieutenant who fought in real battles.
The war for market share will not be fought on the traditional battlegrounds of the retail branch networks, but in cyberworld.
Senator, his hair bristling out straight, his teeth set, his eye on fire, his whole expression sublimed by the ardor of battle. The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX
But Richmond had sent forth to battle her best beloved, and, alas! many were the "unreturning braves. Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War
Whether it's pitch battles, boardroom corruption, manager's bungs or ticket tout scandals, the whole league stinks of sleaze.
If this dereliction is allowed to persist, it is predictable that more Americans will die, both on foreign battlefields and at home. Stealth Jihad by Frank Gaffney, Jr. and The American Legion « Mark12ministries’s Weblog
All this is an unsettling misuse of the music, which was meant to convey the battle with a supernatural force of evil. Times, Sunday Times
He dispatches enemies with a sword, a battleaxe, or a spear-like native weapon called a taiaha.
The important issue that arises is how best to conduct this battle, and a general observation upon it seems in order.
He was elevated to do the rank of major due to his wise command in the battle.
Ms Hartnett said Woods was a "battler" who married at 16 and raised two children as a single parent. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
So naturally he felt a force-feeding ban should be added to the many anticruelty laws already on the books, but he also freely acknowledged the practical benefits of fighting this particular battle. The Foie Gras Wars
Paramedics should not have to enter a battleground every time they fight to save someone's life.
The first is the battle to win a deeper public understanding. Times, Sunday Times
Those of us who have greasy skin face a constant battle against shine and spots. The Sun
Telfer's accounts of this and other pitched battles with ‘myalls’ might be dismissed by the sceptic as unsupported hearsay.
Elsewhere, firefighters battled flash floods caused by the torrential rain.
The hard-liners have not vanished, and the political battles ahead will be intense.
Such programs include trips to Jewish heritage sites, former battlefields, military or regimental museums, and military gravesites.
For people who aren't sick of Battle Without Honor or Humanity the full CD of guitar heroics from the Japanese master. AvaxHome RSS:
Logging on gives you apage full of little hand grenades: impossible-to-understand, context-free sentences that take five minutes of research to unravel and which then turn out to be stupid, irrelevant, or pertaining to the television series Battlestar Galactica. Hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » Openly Twitter-Doubting
Knowing that, stand back and let the battles commence. Times, Sunday Times
In the scarred northern city of Mosul much of the battle damage is recent.
In late 1911 about 800 Moros fled to the old battleground of Bud Dajo to make a stand.
The only people who had to abide by any duty of standing with their lord were the warriors as can be seen by the account of the Battle of Maldon.
And yet what does the ghost on the battlement want but a repayment of what he believes he is owed? INSTANCES OF THE NUMBER 3
If the Tigers indeed wanted to regroup, which is what Sri Lanka fears the most, they would then invest any amount of money to have their remaining battle hardened cadres smuggled out of these camps. Kottu
The North Battleford and Walkerton water disasters hit Canadians as a mighty shock.
In a sense, the prime minister's Monday statement in the Commons on the IGC was a "closure", allowing a natural pause in media coverage on the EU treaty, until the Parliamentary battle starts for real in the New Year. Archive 2007-10-01
Calis had literally rebuilt the old battlewagon from the ground up, using what he had in the junkyard and blueprints that he had acquired some time ago.
I write about Cuny not just because he became a friend who touched all who knew him, but because his world was the world in which I am interested here, and his engagements on some of the battlefields of what is often called post-modern warfare show the scope and complexity of finding international solutions to local or regional crises. DELIVER US FROM EVIL
Training, maintenance, pre-combat checks, pre-combat inspections, and fieldcraft are what enable good units to execute when the time comes on the battlefield.
For a while now a ferocious battle has been going on for the soul of our bit of London. Times, Sunday Times
But the world of an infantryman is unlike any other, and a soldier’s motivations in battle are hard to judge from the outside looking in. The Road to Haditha
Ultimate victory for them lies at the level of grand strategy rather than on the field of battle.
I provide this here so that you may see the magnitude of the battle we are waging against ignorance and scientific illiteracy.
Greek troops battled snow storms and rescued 108 train passengers stranded in sub-zero temperatures yesterday, authorities said.
Fuel and tankers became so scarce in the spring of 1942 that oil was scavenged from the unsalvageable battleships still resting on the bottom of Battleship Row.
troops accoutered for battle
It planned for a mock battle, shammed unity, and were confused by the intransigence and solidarity of the other side.
A situation might call for an Arclite barrage from a division of siege tanks or a deadly battleship salvo of a targeted area.
During the seven weeks he served at the fort, Fetterman grew increasingly insubordinate and desperate to prove his superiority in battle.
And as, in this battle of thoughts, those which spoke for her won the victory, it seemed to me becoming to address her, and I said this sonnet, which begins, 'A gentle thought '; and I called it _gentle_ because I was speaking to a gentle lady, -- but otherwise it was most vile. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859
Compared to the size of the vessels in the enemy armada, these battleships were mere toys.
A BUDERIM "battler" has been left devastated by the theft of a car that pulled him from the brink after 11 months of unemployment. Sunshinecoastdaily.com.au: The Sunshine Coast Daily
It is astonishing to see these tiny birds engaged in such a fierce aerial battle. Times, Sunday Times
He was fighting the battle of the bulge from his early twenties and not always successfully. Times, Sunday Times
Soon, the thunderbolt arrived in the form of another news flash that legal battles could not be fought by anyone on matter relating to the emergency.
Yet as Liverpool prepare to face Manchester United in the FA Cup for a match in danger of being more poisonous than for a long time, football's long, progressive battle against racism is suddenly spotlit again. Onus on clubs to prevent ugly spectre of racism rearing its head again | David Conn
So, while everyone else was noticing that Avatar hates pale-skinned people with a passion, I was enjoying watching the battles between dragons and helicopters. Movie Review: Avatar
The men believe the twins hold mystical powers that make them invincible in their battles against the Myanmar military.
The result of this legal battle sends an important message to people in similar situations.
The opening theme is based on the ancient myth that the River Lee was formed by the gorging tail of a giant serpent defeated in battle by St Finbarr.
The fierce battle for Travnik was now over, the sources said.
Starting with this, the article analyzes military requirement of LFT (Limited Long-distance Firepower of Tank) from fighting task, fighting action and battlefield control.
Nevertheless, after the seesaw battle of several months, microsoft abandoned finally buying.
Rockets of early manufacture are painted battleship gray or dark green; later rockets are olive drab.
At the Battle of Courtrai in 1302, the French army was disastrously defeated by Flemish burghers.
Humorist Gene Weingarten visits Battle Mountain, Nevada and describes how the "Armpit of America" grows on him. [washingtonpost.com]
He had been admitted to hospital with breathing difficulties and passed away early yesterday after suffering from complications of the condition he had battled for 32 years. The Sun
Essentially, you can use the same formation or attack pattern in any situation, which even includes (with some unmentionably minor differences) battles with bosses.
In recent years legal battles with animal welfare groups have plagued the circus. Times, Sunday Times
The only major sea battle in World War began with fighting between Royal Navy squadrons of battle-cruisers under Beatty and a German squadron under Rear Admiral von Hipper.
The business lunch has been declared a battle zone. Times, Sunday Times
On life's earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail.
What this film does get right is the utter helplessness of man when pitted against a shark in a battle of life or death.
Some historians studying the brutal battles for the Mediterranean have ended by asking an almost unmentionable question, which Woodall's plain account does not address: should Malta have been held at all, against such odds?
Howard plays a convict conscripted with others to help battle a flood along the banks of the Mississippi in 1927.
The last serving member from the Battle of Long Tan is retiring from service this month after nearly four decades of military service.
Now he is fighting a lonely battle. Times, Sunday Times
Feb. 2 North cluster remnants of the German surrender, the end of the Battle of Stalingrad.
There would be no cheering crowd, and maybe that was what he felt now, the metallic taste of battle rage pent up. SONS OF HEAVEN
When the battlefront stabilised, the four found they were trapped on the wrong side of the trenches. Times, Sunday Times
The next battle will be to get inside the small wooden shack that serves as the check-in counter. Times, Sunday Times
We did see part of the battle of the Yalu from the outer walls of Wiju, "he said, but added," From then on the Japanese treatment of the correspondents with the first army grew stricter -- When I left Yokohama homeward bound, all the other correspondents patiently playing the game according to Japanese etiquette, were still publicly dining and privily blaspheming Tokyo. JACK LONDON'S WAR
Experts from both sides of the Atlantic will discuss battlefield tactics, the contribution of Loyalists and Native Americans, the role of officers, and the real reasons why the British forces failed to achieve victory.
Ministers should be careful not to refight yesterday's battles with yesterday's rhetoric. Times, Sunday Times
he survived the great test of battle
Â As the Shadowpact head home, the last image we see is Nightmaster, riding his coal-black steed into battle with a dragon, Sword of Night held high, laughing … Â “Now THIS is the life!” Shadowpact #22 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
Battle system of N. E.O Online also includes territorial wars, guild battles, match-ups and indiscriminative attack mode. WarCry Network : Latest News
But only a nation so absurdly rich could have built two hundred battleships, carriers and cruisers in the war years, as well as a thousand smaller ships. Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 194445
Your life is a battlefield. Christianity Today
I have a feeling this subject is going to be even touchier than the speculation that surrounded the cast of the now defunct JLA movie, so let the battle begin in the comment section, or over in the Major Spoilers Movie Forum. via Hollywood Reporter Akira Getting Live Action Treatment | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
I repeat that we were incapable of waging what we called the simultaneous battle. The Speech
Given his mental-health problems, the loss of his girlfriend and his battle with alcoholism, it would seem he has had more than his fill of heartache; consequently The Kiss of Morning is a splenetic, purgative record.
They had a battle and it's just a tragic end. The Sun
Four ships, including Dumanoirs Formidable sailed to windward of the British and exchanged shots with them as they passed, then sailed away from the battle.
Sail-trimmer, and Pumpman; a primed candle for each battle-lantern; a thumbstall and vent-guard for the 1st and 2d Captains of each gun. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.
The options are likely to include the closure of the 26-bed Battledown ward at Cheltenham in favour of a 46-bed ward at Gloucester.
He’s even included little touches that add to a sense of atmosphere, such as Frankish women collecting arrows from the dead bodies of the foes during a break in battle. 09 « October « 2009 « The Manga Curmudgeon
In the intervals between them endless open carriages moved along, lined with white, filled with white dominos, drawn by horses all protected and covered with white cotton robes, against the whiter 'confetti' -- everyone fighting mock battles with everyone else, till it seemed impossible that anything could be left to throw, and the long perspective of the narrow street grew dim between the high palaces, and misty and purple in the evening light. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome
Isolating the battlefield is a cardinal rule of warfare. The Pakistan Paradox
He participates in historical re-enactments of battles from the 1800's.
Meanwhile Hoxsey struck oil in Texas and used his riches to promote his burgeoning clinic and finance his court battles.

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