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Scuffle
"Scuffle" in a Sentence (15 examples)
There was a scuffle in front of the store when the new product was released.
Sami and Layla's scuffle became intense inside the car.
A scuffle is not an organized bout: it is a free-for-all, with fists flying in any and all directions.
Miroslav and Rima had a little scuffle over that.
Lawmakers have passed a set of controversial security measures Thursday, amid shouting and catcalling, after a scuffle broke out in parliament earlier in the day.
During the British era, British officers in their free time would study about kings and emperors, discover ancient empires, decipher forgotten scripts and dig up buried civilizations, whereas ministers nowadays would scuffle on Twitter during their office hours.
The Dog leaps upon the Serpent, and Tears it to Pieces; but in the Scuffle the Cradle happen'd to be Overturn'd: […]
It appears the Company had received news that one of their captains had been killed in a scuffle with the natives.
Fights ensued as many England supporters attempted to retreat before some stewards moved in. Intermittent scuffles continued to break out until the section of the crowd where the trouble started was vacated.
But even on the scuffle / The cleaner's press was in my jeans
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Certainly a gallant man had rather fight to great diſadvantages for number and place in the field in an orderly way, then ſcuffle with an undiſciplined rabble.
But shiftings and readjustments ensued, as they are sure to do with a walking-party. Cope presently found himself scuffling through the thin grass and the briery thickets alongside the young business-man.
Once a good friend of mine, a fine hoofer who was having trouble getting bookings, ran up to that tree, gave it a big smack, and yelled “Lawd please make me a pimp, any kind of a pimp, long as I’m pimpin’. I’m tired of scufflin’ and my feet are too long outa work.”
Near-synonyms: collinear hoe, collineal hoe (loosely synonymous)
Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) scarify, cultivate, grub; weed
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