How to Use affray in a Sentence

affray

noun
  • All of the three teens involved were charged with public affray, police said.
    Wbtv, charlotteobserver, 13 Feb. 2018
  • The police said the 43-year-old man has been charged with assault causing bodily harm and affray.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 23 Nov. 2019
  • Three male juveniles and two adult men were charged with affray and processed at the Martin County Jail, police said.
    Fox News, 19 July 2019
  • Chambers, insulted by the affray, challenged Rowan to a duel.
    Stuart Sanders, The Courier-Journal, 13 June 2019
  • Father and mothers, sisters, brothers and hosts of others who have relatives or close friends in the affray or on the worldwide battlefields needed no coffee to keep them awake the rest of the night.
    Dallas News, 6 June 2019
  • The man was later arrested and charged with animal cruelty and affray.
    Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2021
  • He also was arrested in 2009 on misdemeanor affray charges after being involved in a fight and fleeing police.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 13 Dec. 2019
  • White is charged with assault and battery, resisting arrest, disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct and affray, the release said.
    Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2018
  • Under Florida law, affray is a first degree misdemeanor charge resulting from two or more people fighting in a public place, disturbing the peace.
    Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com, 18 July 2019
  • Harrison was charged with felony murder, cruelty to children, simple battery and affray for fighting, police said.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 23 July 2019
  • Each has been charged with either assault and battery on a police officer or assault, accosting, affray, or carrying a dangerous weapon.
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Crotts is facing disorderly conduct and inciting an affray charges, police said.
    Adam Sacasa, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 Aug. 2017
  • Waiters now faces charges of assault and battery, assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, affray and threats, according to officials.
    Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2018
  • The arrests were for alleged offences including affray, ticket touting and breaching banning and dispersal orders.
    SI.com, 8 Apr. 2018
  • Florida law defines affray as a first degree misdemeanor charge resulting from two or more people fighting in a public place and disturbing the peace, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
    Fox News, 19 July 2019
  • Harrison, in addition to felony murder charges, is also facing first- and second-degree cruelty to children, simple battery and affray.
    Breanna Edwards, Essence, 24 July 2019
  • They were charged with second-degree assault, disorderly conduct, disruption of school activities and affray.
    Washington Post, 10 May 2018
  • Although China experiences tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrations each year, these are local affrays which are mostly reactions to greedy local governments.
    The Economist, 14 Oct. 2017
  • All of the three teens involved were charged with public affray, police said.
    Wbtv, charlotteobserver, 13 Feb. 2018
  • The police said the 43-year-old man has been charged with assault causing bodily harm and affray.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 23 Nov. 2019
  • Three male juveniles and two adult men were charged with affray and processed at the Martin County Jail, police said.
    Fox News, 19 July 2019
  • Chambers, insulted by the affray, challenged Rowan to a duel.
    Stuart Sanders, The Courier-Journal, 13 June 2019
  • Father and mothers, sisters, brothers and hosts of others who have relatives or close friends in the affray or on the worldwide battlefields needed no coffee to keep them awake the rest of the night.
    Dallas News, 6 June 2019
  • The man was later arrested and charged with animal cruelty and affray.
    Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2021
  • He also was arrested in 2009 on misdemeanor affray charges after being involved in a fight and fleeing police.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 13 Dec. 2019
  • White is charged with assault and battery, resisting arrest, disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct and affray, the release said.
    Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2018
  • Under Florida law, affray is a first degree misdemeanor charge resulting from two or more people fighting in a public place, disturbing the peace.
    Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com, 18 July 2019
  • Harrison was charged with felony murder, cruelty to children, simple battery and affray for fighting, police said.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 23 July 2019
  • Each has been charged with either assault and battery on a police officer or assault, accosting, affray, or carrying a dangerous weapon.
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Crotts is facing disorderly conduct and inciting an affray charges, police said.
    Adam Sacasa, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 Aug. 2017

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