How to Use fighter in a Sentence

fighter

noun
  • In the event, Cruise agreed and the role wasn’t that of a cleaner but a fighter pilot.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Lawrence was a fighter, had street smarts and a great sense of humor.
    Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Other fighters weighed in with takes on the main event.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • The best part about this offer is that your fighter doesn’t even have to win.
    Xl Media, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Hamas fighters have nowhere to fall back to in the face of an attack by Israel.
    Javed Ali, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Tom Cruise in a fighter jet brought audiences back to the movies in a big way.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The bodies of around 1,000 Hamas fighters were found in Israel.
    WSJ, 16 Oct. 2023
  • From the jump, Feliciano knew he was meant to be a fighter.
    Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Place a $5 wager on any fighter with a 40-1 odds boost.
    cleveland, 12 Nov. 2022
  • The militant group Hamas claimed five of the nine killed in this refugee camp this year as their fighters.
    Hadas Gold, CNN, 30 May 2023
  • Kyiv has pushed the West to provide fighter jets and long-range missiles.
    Susie Blann, ajc, 3 Feb. 2023
  • That’s when members of each fighter’s teams rushed into the ring.
    oregonlive, 12 June 2023
  • Prigozhin set May 10 as the deadline for the withdrawal of his fighters.
    Mary Ilyushina, Anchorage Daily News, 6 May 2023
  • With the victory, Ankalaev became the first fighter to force Pereira to the five-round limit.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
  • In one of the early matches that night, a fighter’s headgear came loose.
    Zoë Bernard, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2023
  • Back then, voters didn’t know what to expect and took a chance on a guy who came across as a fighter.
    Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Paul, Tyson and other fighters will meet and greet fans after their weigh-in.
    Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 1 Nov. 2024
  • In the strike on the Russian air base, Ukrainian forces destroyed eight fighter jets.
    Eric Schmitt, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Vintage tanks rolled down the Champs-Élysées as fighter jets roared overhead.
    Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The Israeli government has said that about half of those killed there have been fighters.
    Brian Bennett, TIME, 17 May 2024
  • And a sculpture of Christ is crucified on a fighter jet.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2024
  • However, this is the first time that RSF fighters appear to have entered the camp.
    Avery Schmitz, Aleena Fayaz and Kaila Nichols, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Cap is able to interact with the new hangers, which will house F-35 fighter jets next year.
    Lucas Thompson, NBC News, 24 Sep. 2022
  • In those same years, Will the fighter also became a father.
    Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2022
  • His death echoes the loss of his grandfather, a U.S. fighter pilot who was killed in service.
    Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
  • In the current conflict, both sides maintain that their own fighters do not rape.
    Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 20 July 2024
  • Above the desk, a Second World War fighter plane, wings in flames, careens toward the window.
    Dan Kois, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Belgium also pledged on Tuesday to give Kyiv 30 F-16 fighter jets over the next four years.
    Constant Méheut, New York Times, 28 May 2024
  • But, much like his mother, Cooper is a fighter, Loizzi said.
    Joe Sutton and Christina Maxouris, CNN, 7 July 2022
  • McCarthy came to Congress as a fighter in both the figurative and the most literal sense.
    Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025

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