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a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
they made a tour of Civil War battlefields
How To Use field of battle In A Sentence
- Losing a man on the field of battle is a terrible thing, but losing a man when the army is bedded down for the winter is truly a tragedy.
- But while vanquishing the enemy on the field of battle is necessary, it is not sufficient.
- It seemed to [previous speakers] a worthy thing that such an honor should be given at their burial to the dead who have fallen on the field of battle.
- He threw down his rifle and ran from the field of battle.
- The defeated army had to retreat hastily from the field of battle.
- However, they could not forget the bonds they had forged with their French brothers on the field of battle.
- The threats from the beach were horrifying enough to have made Napoleon turn from the field of battle.
- The risk of uncontrolled migration is their chosen field of battle. Times, Sunday Times
- I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious. Vince Lombardi
- In fact chivalry has been defined as the interpenetration of Christianity into the practice of arms: the chivalrous knight of the Middle Ages was not only a brave and skilful fighter, ready whenever occasion arose to reveal his prowess on the field of battle, but also he stood for utter chastity, for a high standard of honor, for the protection of the defenseless and the weak, and for mercy and humanity to a vanquished foe. Chivalry in the British Empire