brawled; brawling; brawls
1
: to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle
soccer fans brawling in the streets
2
: to make a loud confused noise
the Miami river … brawled over 25 feet of rapids—
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noun
1
: a noisy quarrel or fight
a brawl broke out among the fans
a barroom brawl
2
: a loud tumultuous noise
the spring run became quite a trout brook and its tiny murmur a loud brawl—John Burroughs
John BurroughsExamples of brawl in a Sentence
Verb
Fans were brawling in the streets after the game.
the Wilsons were always loudly brawling, and the neighbors were always shutting their windows
Noun
they were thrown out of the party after starting a brawl
the student drama society's decision to put on the controversial play prompted a brawl at the school board meeting
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Becky and Lyra inevitably brawled, and Lyra got the better of Lynch.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025
No one could agree on whether the brawl of as many as nine young men was limited to fists or if its participants were also kicking and stomping.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 May 2025
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Verb
Rollins followed him there and the two brawled on top of the cage.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Becky and Lyra inevitably brawled, and Lyra got the better of Lynch.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
Noun
Authorities attempted to limit the violence on the Seaside Heights boardwalk over the holiday weekend by imposing a 10 p.m. curfew on unaccompanied minors, but the brawls continued anyway, WABC reported.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025
No one could agree on whether the brawl of as many as nine young men was limited to fists or if its participants were also kicking and stomping.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 May 2025
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“Brawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brawl. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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