skirmish

How To Use skirmish In A Sentence

• Tanks often attacked the outskirts of the city in skirmishes with resistance fighters, adding to the chaos and unrest.
• Getty Images The membership of Tom Coburn R., Okla. in the group prompted a skirmish with antitax activists. Senate 'Gang' Hashes Out Deficit Plan
• Soon the men of F Company that were detailed to serve in the carbineer company joined us; they had been on the skirmish line all the forenoon, but became somewhat mixed when the firing commenced, and were ordered to report to their respective companies. History of Company F, 1st Regiment, R.I. Volunteers, during the Spring and Summer of 1861
• I was aware of the odd skirmish with dogs growling at each other and even a very occasional bark.
• These men were a kind of skirmishers for the main body, which could be seen some distance behind. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
• In short, it was to dilapidation what the American Civil War was to skirmishing.
• After some initial skirmishes, the company managed to entrench its rule, often through the authority of amenable local rulers.
• Minor skirmishes broke out all along the border.
• It was a political skirmish. Times, Sunday Times
• Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754, he fought the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War.