How to Use custody battle in a Sentence

custody battle

noun

• But as the custody battle raged on, Spears turned to Wasser again in 2008.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
• The pair split in 2016 but were locked in a custody battle that only ended with his death.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2023
• She and Fotis were embroiled in a nasty divorce and custody battle at the time.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024
• The exes, who have had a contentious custody battle over the last year and a half, agreed to share joint custody of their two kids, Otis, 9, and Daisy, 7.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2023
• Block and Hensel, who moved to Denmark after the pair’s split, have been locked in a custody battle since their divorce in 2018.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2024
• Musk and Grimes would go on to welcome a third child the following year but have since waged a custody battle over all three.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2024
• Since then, their split and subsequent custody battle have played out in the media.
  — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2023
• Should the fact that they were embroiled in a custody battle during her lifetime matter?
  — Benny Roshan, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Apr. 2023
• Bridges and Randle had been embroiled in a bitter child custody battle.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• The lengthy — and messy — custody battle between Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde is finally over.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2023
• Kehlani is fighting back in court amid a custody battle with her former partner.
  — Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
• When the twins were 8 years old, Lisa Marie filed for divorce from Lockwood, starting a contentious custody battle.
  — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024
• The two were involved in a custody battle over their two children at the time of her death, according to the Miami Herald.
  — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 29 June 2023
• In the 1996 film, Moore played Erin Grant, a woman who started stripping to earn money for a custody battle against her ex-husband.
  — Chiara Kim, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
• With four of the children reaching adulthood, the custody battle has become moot, but the court fight over the winery continues.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
• As Lisa Marie and Lockwood were engaged in a custody battle, the girls lived with their grandmother for a period.
  — Bailey Richards, People.com, 20 Oct. 2024
• But the most damaging blow to Alatorre’s reputation happened in 1998, in the midst of a custody battle.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
• The two have had a rollercoaster of a relationship over the years, including a sour custody battle over their daughter in 2015.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 8 Sep. 2023
• Twenty-five years ago, the amazing rescue of a young boy at sea would lead to a fierce custody battle that mirrored the decades-long tensions between the United States and Cuba.
  — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2024
• Prosecutors in that case say the father of her children shot her after a custody battle.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2024
• The Shivers, who are locked in an acrimonious divorce and custody battle over their boys, share a vacation home in the Bahamas.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 15 Aug. 2023
• Before Auburn even took the field for its first practice of the Hugh Freeze era, two of the Tigers’ new assistants had a custody battle of sorts over one of the program’s promising returning players.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 16 Mar. 2023
• Tyrese and Shayla’s mother, his ex-wife Norma Mitchell, had a very public custody battle, which led to the singer not being able to see his daughter for a period of time.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 8 June 2023
• The rapper’s parents, Angela Tian and Christopher Hope, were embroiled in a contentious custody battle.
  — Karli Bendlin, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2023
• An unlikely custody battle has broken out over a stash of Norman Rockwell art allegedly stolen and hidden for decades—in the White House.
  — Kelly Crow, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2023
• Pinho first met Stevens as a reporter for the Daily Pilot, back in 2019, when the young woman left her a voicemail hoping to spark coverage ahead of her custody battle.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
• Plus, she’s still embroiled in a custody battle with her seedy ex, movie producer Randall Emmett, over their daughter Ocean.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2024
• These two little girls have been through so much in the past 7 years, enduring my divorce and horrific custody battle and then losing their brother.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
• Pappo’s custody battle was one of the first nails in the coffin of the cult, bringing media attention to its dangers and inspiring other members to break free.
  — Hannah E. Meyers, National Review, 10 Sep. 2023
• And in their custody battle, Romani culture — or, at least, the version of Romani culture with which Paulina and Bobby had grown up — was a central issue.
  — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024