How To Use Tussle In A Sentence

  • It also has superb golf courses, so if you're a bit of a golf widow, leave him to tussle in the bunker while you slink off to the spa - it's connected to the hotel by a subterranean tunnel.
  • Josefina Scaglione's YouTube video When Mr. Laurents first called the willowy soprano, who speaks with lushly rolled r's and sometimes interrupts conversation to ask the meaning of an English word, she was performing the role of Amber Von Tussle in a Buenos Aires production of "Hairspray. I've Just Met a Girl Named Josefina
  • Avila, who in May tussled with bloodmobile workers who had parked in front of the Health and Welfare Building, apparently impinging on Avila's designated space. PhillyDeals
  • With muffled thuds and a yelp, Ace and the thief tussled on the floor.
  • And, oh, the playacting, the tussles for territory, the acts of intellectual vaudeville that ensue. Times, Sunday Times
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  • And on television bulletins, viewers were first treated to how England rugby union had caned Canada which was about as exciting a tussle as Chelsea taking on Chertsey in football.
  • A tussle with an eel is a sight to behold. Times, Sunday Times
  • There was a legal tussle over the closure of the hospital.
  • Anna and her conscience had a little tussle.
  • During his twelve years in Congress he has tussled with the chemical, drug and power companies on behalf of the ordinary person's right to breathe clean air.
  • Simons takes a lead in the frame but Callow fights back and the pair tussle over the colours.
  • At no point did his tussles with people turn into anything as ghastly and jargonistic as a 'practice'. Times, Sunday Times
  • Out of all the fights, all the scuffles and tussles, this was the only one that mattered.
  • I observe Barry Diller, with his powerful, vulnerable skull that conveys the air of a Picasso, with his smile that's habitually so melancholic but which, now that I've stopped pestering him about his memories of Paramount, his tussles with Murdoch, his conversion to teleshopping, has become curiously childlike. In the Footsteps of Tocqueville (Part V)
  • Since the neighbor's property is a bit overgrown with low bamboo it was a quite a tussle doing all that and then wrestling the tree lengths back onto my property.
  • Officials tussled over who had responsibility for the newly fashionable unemployment agenda.
  • He received a black eye in the tussle.
  • During his twelve years in Congress he has tussled with the chemical, drug and power companies on behalf of the ordinary person's right to breathe clean air.
  • The boys started to tussle in the corridor.
  • The first round of this tantalising tussle takes place on Wednesday. Times, Sunday Times
  • But despite his injuries, he tussled with the man for several minutes before finally letting him out of his shop when he threatened to kill him.
  • Macedonian and ethnic Albanian politicians tussled over future policing at talks yesterday as the government and rebels accused each other of violating a truce.
  • It slides smoothly and effortlessly into lower gears but fifth gear is a bit notchy and I have a bit of a tussle to engage it.
  • Should be a major tussle between him and Carragher today, neither the fleetest of foot, but lots of wrestling and jostling guaranteed. Birmingham v Liverpool - as it happened
  • David Toms produced a stunning back nine to edge out a nervy Sergio Garcia in a titanic tussle in the singles.
  • Their victory was crucial in the continued tussle for fourth place and Champions League qualification. Times, Sunday Times
  • After quite a tussle, I finally wrenched the letter from him.
  • Milan: Inter Milan landed a massive blow in the Serie A title tussle on Sunday, going nine points clear when they beat AC Milan 2-0 in a high voltage derby which they finished with nine men. The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage
  • Drew and Jordan tussled out the door and onto the side walk, as Gavin shuffles along behind them.
  • The takeover tussle has raised concerns in Canada. Times, Sunday Times
  • And he is geared up to endure another bruising tussle. The Sun
  • But if most tourists come seeking the splendours of ancient Persia, it is the tussle between past and present - tradition and change - that is the key to understanding modern Iran.
  • Liberty Times: Opposition Taiwan Solidarity Union Chairman Huang Kun-hui said the legislative decision to put the ECFA directly to a second reading amid tussles among lawmakers signified the legitimacy of the party's initiative to hold a national referendum on the trade pact, which he described as tying Taiwan closer to China. Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com
  • Their victory was crucial in the continued tussle for fourth place and Champions League qualification. Times, Sunday Times
  • She had a brief tussle with her conscience before telling the whole story.
  • During his twelve years in Congress he has tussled with the chemical, drug and power companies on behalf of the ordinary person's right to breathe clean air.
  • The worst part was that she felt bad for Jake. The scrappy redhead, despite his size, had bettered the Cooper boy in the few moments of the tussle.
  • The remainder of the forenoon was a tussle with lessons not glanced at since Friday night. — The Getting of Wisdom
  • The second booking involved both players again, with Strong going down in an innocuous tussle for the ball.
  • Her expertise will come in handy for a company not unused to the odd legal tussle. Times, Sunday Times
  • Gaymon was unarmed but police have said but he "tussled" with the detective who was trying to arrest him. Ajc.com - News
  • It was a great British tussle and such a shame it ended like that. The Sun
  • Her expertise will come in handy for a company not unused to the odd legal tussle. Times, Sunday Times
  • This is not the place for a tussle about smartphones. Times, Sunday Times
  • During his twelve years in Congress he has tussled with the chemical, drug and power companies on behalf of the ordinary person's right to breathe clean air.
  • The team sprint final yesterday was essentially a tussle between Britain's first and second teams. Times, Sunday Times
  • Sunday's match was a thriller from the start of play as opposing teams engaged in a valiant tussle for ball possession.
  • Inevitably and unenviably caught in the power tussles are the students.
  • Security has deteriorated sharply over the past year as rival Shi'ite Muslim groups tussle for power.
  • The tussle is about two cliques fighting over power and not secularism. Turkey Fights For A Secular Islam « Unambiguously Ambidextrous
  • Meanwhile, bride-to-be Elena and wedding planner Javier tussle over her upcoming nuptials, while groom Tracy figures into Meghan's fantasies, sparking Sean's jealousy.
  • It was a great tussle and you have to feel sorry for him. Times, Sunday Times
  • A plucky woman kept a tight grip on her handbag during a tussle with a would-be robber.
  • During his twelve years in Congress he has tussled with the chemical, drug and power companies on behalf of the ordinary person's right to breathe clean air.
  • After quite a tussle, I finally wrenched the letter from him.
  • HP has also struggled with management turmoil and a long-running legal tussle with Oracle. Times, Sunday Times
  • The tussle to free the individual from the nanny state is still far from won.
  • There ensued one of those friendly tussles, not quite fights, that kids find such fun.
  • They tussled in the dirt for a while, Pyre reckoned she was winning.
  • For some reason, perhaps to differentiate rugby melees from all the other tussles, the word evolved into ‘scrummage’ with a U.
  • League referee Keith Cooper booked him in the first half for a tussle with the goalie.
  • There followed a long tussle for custody of the children.
  • ‘pocket-money,’ and combinations like ‘battailous grip’; while throughout the entire translation are scattered modern colloquialisms like ‘boss’ (master), ‘tussle,’ ‘war-tug.’ The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography
  • Some have voiced the opinion that the Europa League - with its Thursday night schedule and knock-on effect of increased Sunday games - may prove a burden to Celtic in their title tussle with Rangers, who have no such distraction. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
  • Her dolls or action figures may always kiss and hug, but never fight or tussle with each other, for example.
  • Ninth seed Stosur, a quarter-finalist in New York last year, had chances to close out a hard-fought tussle in the second set, but Petrova, the 24th seed, saved two match points and won the tiebreak 7-5 to force a third set. Stosur beats Petrova in record match
  • The takeover tussle has raised concerns in Canada. Times, Sunday Times
  • The rest of the programme gets underway this week with some interesting tussles likely judging by the early pre-season form of some of the players in various tournaments and competitions.
  • According to the early AP article, Edwards and Clinton "tussled" about lobbyists, a fight that was the highlight of the YearlyKos debate, escalated at the AFL-CIO debate, and has remained a theme since. Ross Smith: LIVESTRONG Forum Field Is Weak
  • They tussled on the floor, an oddly muted fight as they were both trying to shield the book from damage.
  • The Italian charging process is not the same as in Britain and it is unclear whether the move would lead to further legal tussles and delays to British attempts to extradite him.
  • But if most tourists come seeking the splendours of ancient Persia, it is the tussle between past and present - tradition and change - that is the key to understanding modern Iran.
  • It would be fair to say we had a good few tussles.
  • This is not the place for a tussle about smartphones. Times, Sunday Times
  • A man who tried to stop a thief from making off with a stolen digital projector sustained cuts and bruises to his head when he was knocked down in a tussle.
  • It could have served as a microcosm of the whole tussle - the brutish and the brilliant vying for supremacy.
  • Officials tussled over who had responsibility for the newly fashionable unemployment agenda.
  • During his twelve years in Congress he has tussled with the chemical, drug and power companies on behalf of the ordinary person's right to breathe clean air.
  • There was a hand-to-hand tussle, in which any Hellene who succeeded in striking his man shivered his lance with the blow, while the Persian troopers, armed with cornel-wood javelins, speedly despatched a dozen men and a couple of horses. 197 At this point the Hellenica
  • • Rand Paul organiser in bruising tussle against protester• Barack Obama to campaign in Virginia this week• California Senate race looks brighter for Democrats Midterm elections live blog - Tuesday 26 October
  • We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.
  • The gearbox is also a bit Jekyll and Hyde - it slides smoothly and effortlessly into lower gears but fifth gear is a bit notchy and I have a bit of a tussle to engage it.
  • During his twelve years in Congress he has tussled with the chemical, drug and power companies on behalf of the ordinary person's right to breathe clean air.
  • His work is worth reflecting on, given the current political significance of the Murray River - thanks to on-going tussles over state rights, salinity and environmental degradation.
  • A Tullow woman tussled violently with her attackers as they attempted to steal her handbag before they dragged her along the road until she smacked her head off a lamp-post.
  • For most of the last century musicians, conductors and scholars have tussled over the best way to deal with the sketches Mahler left behind when he died in 1910.
  • HP has also struggled with management turmoil and a long-running legal tussle with Oracle. Times, Sunday Times
  • World Cup lifting gloom to raise hope for a united South Africa sport to bring people together may have found its apogee in South World Cup final, when Nelson Mandela donned a green Springbok shirt and League title tussle, a different battle emerges on Sunday when Arsenal visit a WN.com - Articles related to The 'drive' behind Asian football
  • And the mudfight that ensued — whether it succeeded in discrediting Clarke or not — had a benefit for the White House: it made Clarke’s charges seem like just another round in the never-ending partisan tussles of Washington. April 2004
  • The game progressed with players pushing vigorously to outdo each other in a tussle for ball possession.
  • Officials tussled over who had responsibility for the newly fashionable unemployment agenda.
  • They tussled over the last ticket.
  • Button foresees seven-way title tussle in 2010 photo: Creative Commons/Mark McArdle WN.com - Articles related to Fernando Alonso accuses Formula One rivals of 'hot-headed comments'
  • In my view, it would be unseemly, undignified and unedifying to have a legal tussle over these royal remains. Times, Sunday Times
  • The first round of this tantalising tussle takes place on Wednesday. Times, Sunday Times
  • Officials tussled over who had responsibility for the newly fashionable unemployment agenda.
  • The ship's black stack would show above the smother, each time emerging gallantly from the tussle with the water rolling from her as it does from the back of a porpoise.
  • The fraught standoff in the Ukraine is less the result of an internal dispute, than of a geopolitical tussle between East and West.
  • I had a tussle to get the knife off him.
  • During his twelve years in Congress he has tussled with the chemical, drug and power companies on behalf of the ordinary person's right to breathe clean air.
  • The tussle to free the individual from the nanny state is still far from won.
  • TWO duelling birds lock talons at 15ft in a tense mid-air tussle over food. The Sun
  • When he noticed the camp counselor spirit that animated her while she tussled with his toddler sons, and how easily she jollied his sometimes dour boys into giggles, Enrique fancied that he was meeting the adolescent girl whose idolatrous kid brother forgave her for all his wounds. A Happy Marriage
  • Real connoisseurs of Cold War sporting tussles treasure the memory of the USSR beating the USA in the 1972 basketball final.
  • It was an epic tussle and one England comprehensively won. Times, Sunday Times
  • Out of all the fights, all the scuffles and tussles, this was the only one that mattered.
  • His world without her, her world is only him. The world is such, never fair. This is a timeless tussle, who care about more, will lose more.
  • His world without her, her world is only him. The world is such, never fair. This is a timeless tussle, who care about more, will lose more.
  • As the match progressed the tussle for a goal advantage continued but Pioneers were content with a well deserved draw.
  • After a boardroom tussle at Paramount, its studio chief, Frank Mancuso, quit.
  • Later, back in the motorhome, my erratic driving and occasional tussle with second gear seemed positively trivial.
  • Most attendees, however, will probably have more anodyne concerns to tussle with: like where did they leave their car in the first place, and how to drive with six inches of mud on their boots.
  • Members of the Ambassador Wolf Pack of the International Wolf Center bite and tussle in the snow.
  • He was injured during a tussle for the ball.
  • They began to tussle with each other for the handgun.
  • Every morning, it is a tussle between staying in my swag ( bed ) or a hike.
  • Make whoopee Instead of a bowl of ice cream as a bedtime snack, have a robust tussle with your spouse.
  • Already, legal tussles have overshadowed the prospects of a better future for this prestigious venture taken up by the Society.
  • DeFarra Gaymon was shot once in the chest last Friday after he 'tussled' with an undercover police detective in Newark's Branch Brook Park, but it is not know why he was shot or exactly what happened. The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public
  • The top two enjoyed a great tussle for most of the race. The Sun
  • There is nothing cuter than a baby orangutan with its tussle of red hair bedecking a mostly bald head and big brown inquisitive eyes sparkling with wisdom, curiosity, and soulfulness. Jamie Bechtel: Will Orangutans Become Extinct Before the Conservation Community Gets Its Game on?
  • Pezzo tussled for fourth place with Orvosova.
  • They've both become superb birders, too, able to distinguish in a wing beat, for example, a gyrfalcon from a peregrine falcon during a brief aerial tussle.
  • As Canada continued to lead and Australia and Germany tussled, a new challenge was developing over in lane 5.
  • Richardson joined the tussle in 2003 by supporting a plan by then-Lincoln County Sheriff Tom Sullivan to reinvestigate the century-old case. Billy The Kid Pardon: Pat Garrett's Descendants Outraged At Bill Richardson's Suggestion To Pardon Gunslinger
  • As the various factions of the opposition and Morales tussled over his economic policies and constitutional reforms, the country split along clear geographical and class lines and murkier racial ones. The Mugabe of the Andes?
  • TWO duelling birds lock talons at 15ft in a tense mid-air tussle over food. The Sun
  • The political tussle could become a blueprint for how other eurozone countries will deal with their own troubled lenders. Times, Sunday Times
  • Almost anonymous in the tussle between the two Australians, was the battle for bronze.
  • In a sign of things to come, there were a few clashes at half time, when the occasional tussle flamed up in the tunnel to the dressing rooms.
  • They tussled and screamed right in the middle of the cafeteria, everyone was completely silent.
  • It was a great tussle and you have to feel sorry for him. Times, Sunday Times
  • The jockeying of the past few months, as they tussled over the top job and sized each other across the Cabinet table, was only the last act of rift that had opened up over many years.
  • In heat two, Poland and the Czech Republic tussled for the top spot.
  • One of them strikes up a relationship with the bank teller who opens their joint account, while the other two eventually tussle over loneliness and personal responsibility.
  • It was a great British tussle and such a shame it ended like that. The Sun
  • This, I suspect, is to be about her first real tussle; skoal to the victor! The Tinder-Box
  • I had a tussle to get the knife off him.
  • It didn't attract any Christian protests although there were sometimes unseemly tussles in the stalls over opera glasses.
  • I had a tussle to get the knife off him.
  • The perception that has been transmitted is one of blasé indifference: independence is a tussle only relevant for those above a certain age.
  • After a tussle, the security detail got the trademark keffiyeh. Mail and Guardian
  • The Czech Republic slipped into second while Australia, Ireland and Austria tussled for third.
  • After a tussle and some screaming, he ran out, mission unaccomplished.
  • As it happened, the quality was below expectations but the tussle was hard, and it was enthralling. Times, Sunday Times
  • Blood dripped from somewhere - neither of them knew where - onto the floor and drops of it flew like sparks from a fire as the two tussled fiercely.
  • Five teams are involved in the tussle for promotion.
  • Although his personal tussle with partner Lyle fizzled out, Jacobson admitted he had been nervous and uncomfortable in the opening holes.
  • My Life as Liz" plays like a live-action version of MTV's animated series "Daria," except that Daria had the good sense not to tussle with the mean girls. Chicagotribune.com -
  • Many members of both sides had played the week before and this one had all the makings of a ding-dong tussle.
  • Gamon was unarmed when he and the detective "tussled," according to police. Ajc.com - News
  • A mangel-wurzel is a stubborn root that parts company with the earth only after a vigorous tussle, and I don't envy Rab Butler his summer, even though he was paid 8¢ an hour.
  • A meat cleaver whizzed past him as Tusslefoot leapt away from his seat.
  • And like any prolonged negotiation in its final stages, the endgame has turned into a real tussle.
  • And he is geared up to endure another bruising tussle. The Sun
  • During his twelve years in Congress he has tussled with the chemical, drug and power companies on behalf of the ordinary person's right to breathe clean air.
  • Two tiny girls, Amy and Irie, played in the sandbox all the time, sharing scraped knees and getting into the kind of tussles you'd expect from little, innocent children, their bright, shining eyes hiding not the sniffiest whiff of mischief. Davis Sweet: I Miss the '80s! Melodramatic Metaphors Version
  • The tussle to free the individual from the nanny state is still far from won.
  • It wasn't long before I was having a tussle with a pike, which gave me a great scrap.
  • He believed the linesman misinterpreted what was an innocent entanglement after a tussle for the ball.
  • In my view, it would be unseemly, undignified and unedifying to have a legal tussle over these royal remains. Times, Sunday Times
  • The team sprint final yesterday was essentially a tussle between Britain's first and second teams. Times, Sunday Times
  • Behind them Great Britain, Ukraine and the Netherlands tussled for the final two spots.
  • It is a big week for Liverpool, who have a title tussle with co-leaders Chelsea on Sunday. TODAYonline
  • A tussle with an eel is a sight to behold. Times, Sunday Times
  • However, since May 2000 the company has been mothballed over ongoing legal tussles and tangles.
  • He is also said to have thrown food at away fans, disrupted a lottery draw and had a tussle with Norwich City's director of football Brian Hamilton.
  • Although a three-way tussle has erupted for control of the business, sources close to the bid battle say it is impossible for the deadline to be met. Times, Sunday Times
  • The only thing that surprised me bearing in mind the previous night's tales was that I couldn't hear the wildlife crashing around in the trees as they tussled for a vantage point from which to ambush me.
  • Okay, so it's not going to be Kobe versus LeBron from the tip-off on Thursday after the Orlando Magic spoiled the highly-anticipated showdown by upsetting the Cleveland Cavaliers to advance to a title tussle with the Los Angeles Lakers. TrinidadExpress Today's News
  • But when the tussle is successful, a male will mount, often riding his mate for up to an hour. Archive 2009-02-01
  • They had won the seemingly impossible battle without even a tussle.
  • During his twelve years in Congress he has tussled with the chemical, drug and power companies on behalf of the ordinary person's right to breathe clean air.
  • As it happened, the quality was below expectations but the tussle was hard, and it was enthralling. Times, Sunday Times
  • And he is geared up to endure another bruising tussle. The Sun
  • The old man tussled with the big fish.
  • Gaymon was unarmed when he and the detective "tussled," according to police. Ajc.com - News
  • The political tussle could become a blueprint for how other eurozone countries will deal with their own troubled lenders. Times, Sunday Times
  • Hyderabad: The Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh knows the word tussle well. NDTV News - Top Stories
  • There is an ongoing and mostly hidden tussle between the reformists and the conservative clergy.
  • Recent fears that something between the gangs was brewing came to light about a month ago when associates of the opposing gangs tussled in central Rotorua.
  • For a Harry fans, this is like a one-to-one tussle between God and the Devil himself.
  • It was an epic tussle and one England comprehensively won. Times, Sunday Times
  • The top two enjoyed a great tussle for most of the race. The Sun
  • From early on, it was apparent that it was going to be a game of tussles and the side which benefited most from the dead ball would finish victorious.
  • During his twelve years in Congress he has tussled with the chemical, drug and power companies on behalf of the ordinary person's right to breathe clean air.
  • Although a three-way tussle has erupted for control of the business, sources close to the bid battle say it is impossible for the deadline to be met. Times, Sunday Times
  • A plucky woman kept a tight grip on her handbag during a tussle with a would-be robber.
  • Modric has been at the centre of a summer-long tussle between Spurs and Chelsea, who are determined to land the player despite having bids of £22m and £27m rejected. Unsettled Luka Modric giving Tottenham the jitters, says Ledley King
  • Ready for launch over two months ago, the opening was put off due to the ongoing tussle in the local film industry.
  • The tussle to free the individual from the nanny state is still far from won.
  • After a boardroom tussle at Paramount, its studio chief, Frank Mancuso, quit.
  • His world without her, her world is only him. The world is such, never fair. This is a timeless tussle, who care about more, will lose more.
  • Officials say the detective, whose name has not been released, was investigating reports of sexual activity in Newark's Branch Brook Park when he "tussled" with Defarra Gaymon around 6 p.m. Friday. DeFarra Gaymon, Georgia Bank CEO, Shot Fatally In New Jersey
  • Raider and hunter tussled, strength against strength, the one pulling up, the other down.
  • She had to beat him during a highly-charged tussle at Glasgow's Braehead Area to qualify for the opportunity to sink the opposition in Bismarck.
  • But as he reflected on his world title tussle the York ace remained upbeat about his silver-medal winning display, which bettered his bronze achievement of two years earlier.
  • It had proved to be such a simple matter, after all: one bold stroke; a tussle, happily bloodless, with the plutocratic dragon whose hold upon his treasure was so easily broken; and presto! the hungry proletary had become himself a power in the world, strong to do good or evil, as the gods might direct. The Price
  • This dynastic change, often dated between the seventh and eleventh centuries C.E., reverberates in one cosmogonic myth concerning a power tussle between two deities in the Yoruba pantheon.
  • The rural village of Hebrandston is in the centre of a planning application tussle after proposals were submitted to transform a disused outbuilding into a small dental surgery.

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