How to Use fight on in a Sentence

fight on

phrasal verb

• For those who fought on the side of the South and were displaced, the wounds from the war remain unhealed.
  — Quyen Do, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
• Hezbollah has vowed to fight on until a cease-fire in the Gaza war.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2024
• He was slated to have his first big fight on ESPN in a few weeks.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
• The pair got into a fight on July 16 over who got to use the private jet to fly to the Bahamas.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 15 Aug. 2023
• From the dawn of the motorcar to today, the microcar has fought on.
  — Alex Goy, Ars Technica, 27 May 2024
• But Donna, first, what -- how hard are Democrats going to fight on this one?
  — ABC News, 1 Dec. 2024
• Butler had more even ground to fight on — first the sands of the arena, then the smooth tiles of the imperial palace.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2024
• Her husband does not share her willingness to fight on the front.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2024
• The pause held; there were no reports of fighting on either side.
  — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2023
• The Wolves were flat again at the start against the Clippers, unable to hit a shot or put up much of a fight on the defensive end.
  — Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
• This issue could become one of the biggest across-the-aisle fights on this package.
  — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2023
• Cowboys will show fight on screen in team meeting room.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 29 July 2023
• But if the Danish king’s latest move is anything to go by, the United States has a fight on its hands.
  — Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
• Cooler weather and more moisture in the air helped the fight on Saturday, as crews approached the fire from both the ground and the air.
  — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 27 July 2024
• The first fight on the UFC 300 card pits two former champions against each other.
  — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• This year, the election is being fought on the battleground of the economy.
  — NBC News, 4 July 2024
• Articles like this one will help us in our fights on the social media wars.
  — Michael O'Rielly, National Review, 26 Oct. 2023
• About the same time, King saw two men fighting on 14th Street and asked them to stop because of the nearby police presence.
  — John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 16 July 2024
• But a fight on Thursday on a speeding A train in Brooklyn that started with those taunts did not end there.
  — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
• In reality, the duo did not fight on stage, though these shows were indeed tense.
  — Brady Gerber, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
• When the Kens are fighting on the beach the background suddenly changes to a pastel background with the Kens dressed in monotones.
  — Time, 21 July 2023
• Why does Israel need to be told to allow food to starving people if this war is being fought on the up-and-up?
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
• Of course, now there is fighting on multiple fronts in Gaza and Lebanon, Israel, with new strikes overnight.
  — NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
• Americans fought on both sides of that divide here at home, too, and their stories will curl your hair.
  — CBS News, 6 Oct. 2023
• He was shot by Russians while fighting on the front lines near Kupiansk.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Oct. 2023
• The important thing is to always have the desire to fight on every point, always trying to bring out the best.
  — Giacomo Aricò, Vogue, 14 July 2024
• Mark Steyn and Rand Simberg, however, are still being forced to fight on.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 9 Feb. 2024
• Following a first fight on the porch, the brothers followed the victim and a witness onto the driveway.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2024
• But Reichel seems to have found that fight on his latest line, centering the rookie Colton Dach and the veteran Foligno, a pair of powerful wingers with some grit to their games.
  — Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
• Hamas and other fighter groups are deeply rooted in Palestinian society and are likely to move with the refugees, which would mean that future wars would be fought on Egyptian soil.
  — Joseph Krauss, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 22 Feb 2025