fighting
the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,730 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,526 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the act of fighting; any contest or struggle also: fight, combat, scrap a fight broke out at the hockey gamethere was fighting in the streets
adjective
- engaged in or ready for military or naval operations also: active, combat-ready on active dutythe platoon is combat-ready
fighting in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Then comes the fighting at close quarters.
The Ethics of Drink and Other Social · James Runciman · Chapter 1
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Bobby hesitated, fighting back his feeling of repulsion, his first instinct to refuse.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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No, it is not by fighting that there is any chance of escape.
By Pike and Dyke · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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Their force concentrated, would probably amount to at least one hundred boats and eight thousand fighting men.
The pirates own book · Charles Ellms · Chapter 1
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The proportion of fighting in the battle of life outweighs the "beer and skittles"; as does the interest.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1