Dogfights is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Dogfights in a sentence
Related words
Dogfights meaning
plural of dogfight
Using Dogfights
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of dogfight
- In the example corpus, dogfights often appears in combinations such as: dogfights and, the dogfights, dogfights in.
Context around Dogfights
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dogfights
- In this selection, "dogfights" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, space, include, intense and occurred stand out and add context to how "dogfights" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are the dogfights and close in dogfights. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dogfights" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dogfights
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Other dragonflies engage in aerial dogfights or high-speed chases. (10 words)
The newest and most interesting part of Fortnite are the dogfights. (11 words)
McDonogh proved to be another one of those dogfights in the end. (12 words)
The first instance of these helicopter " dogfights " occurred on the first day of the war (22 September 1980): two Iranian SeaCobras crept up on two Mi-25s and hit them with TOW wire-guided anti-tank missiles. (37 words)
Most say they were driven by the dismal state of national politics Trump has ushered in and new waves of hyperpartisanship seeping into foreign policy, historically a safe haven from Washington’s sharpest political dogfights. (35 words)
Controls are actually quite fluid and allow the user to easily slow down and accelerate their ship during intense dogfights; and redistribute power to various systems, i.e., the lasers, shields, and thrusters. (33 words)
Example sentences (18)
In this case, a more scientific approach to space travel would greatly benefit sci-fi movies that include dogfights in a vacuum.
Many aviation experts credit the resulting turbocharged engine performance with giving Allied planes the upper hand in dogfights against Hitler’s Luftwaffe.
Now season 6 has come and gone, bringing an eventful run of space dogfights and alien antics to an end.
McDonogh proved to be another one of those dogfights in the end.
So just think about what he’s done with that in terms of the dogfights you saw from those jets, which was pretty epic.
Controls are actually quite fluid and allow the user to easily slow down and accelerate their ship during intense dogfights; and redistribute power to various systems, i.e., the lasers, shields, and thrusters.
The dogfights will take place in a virtual reality F-16 simulator.
There wouldn't have been many bombers to intercept, nor would the F-103 have been useful for the low-speed dogfights over Vietnam.
Lucas’ inspirations are positioned prominently, with clips from Westerns, serials, pirate movies, World War II dogfights, and even (especially Harrison Ford’s drag race) all getting airtime.
Most say they were driven by the dismal state of national politics Trump has ushered in and new waves of hyperpartisanship seeping into foreign policy, historically a safe haven from Washington’s sharpest political dogfights.
The newest and most interesting part of Fortnite are the dogfights.
Although designed for use against non-maneuvering targets such as bombers, because of poor performance against fighters over North Vietnam, these missiles were progressively improved until they proved highly effective in dogfights.
As in the earlier program, a small group of Air Force and Navy pilots conducted mock dogfights with the MiG-17s.
Bornholm has also become an internationally recognised venue for 'match racing', a sailing sport where two identical (or one design) supplied racing yachts are raced in one on one dogfights on the water.
Other dragonflies engage in aerial dogfights or high-speed chases.
Over the course of the 1960s, increasing combat experience with guided missiles demonstrated that combat would devolve into close-in dogfights.
The first instance of these helicopter " dogfights " occurred on the first day of the war (22 September 1980): two Iranian SeaCobras crept up on two Mi-25s and hit them with TOW wire-guided anti-tank missiles.
Whereas Star Wars mostly featured space sequences, The Empire Strikes Back featured not only space dogfights but also an ice planet battle opening sequence and elements of cities that floated among the clouds.
Common combinations with dogfights
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- dogfights and 3×
- the dogfights 3×
- dogfights in 2×
- in dogfights 2×
- space dogfights 2×