Duelling in a sentence

As a chieftain of the Scottish clan Leslie, he asked Mr Anderson whether he wanted to use “pistols or claymores”, which he explained was a reference to ancient traditions of duelling.

Duelling pianos, Spinny Man and the barn dance theme would draw in the clubbers -most of them queuing across the foyer of Leisure World even if it was empty inside.

He’s my hero, so to sit opposite him and to do a duelling pianos night is unbelievable.

Hundreds of books about art and history adorn the walls of the library, with a duelling pistol and Indonesian ritual suicide dagger strewn casually across the desk.

Past rap beefs, such as between Nas and Jay-Z in the early 2000s, had duelling tracks share the same producer, at times giving the wink to the planned nature of the conflict.

That case came down to duelling responsibilities for homeowners.

The theatre received duelling petitions in recent weeks, alternately calling for the play's cancellation and performance at The Belfry, which was spray-painted with "Free Palestine'' graffiti last month.

Mr Trump, meanwhile, will air a duelling ad in Minnesota with the message: "Communities not criminals.

The leaders of B.C.'s two largest political parties shared duelling visions for tax policy designed to increase housing affordability in the province on Friday, but an expert in city planning says both plans can work — and they aren't mutually exclusive.

Pro-choice and anti-abortion protesters hold duelling rallies on Tecumseh Road East in front of the Met Campus of Windsor Regional Hospital on March 23, 2019.

The museum said it had agreed to an Ethiopian government request made last year to return the hair of Theodore II, who shot himself with a duelling pistol given to him by Queen Victoria rather than be captured by Napier’s forces.

The opening stages of the campaign were dominated—well, aside from the matter of old photos and video of a younger Trudeau in blackface surfacing—by duelling promises to leave Canadian families with more money at the end of the month.

Back in America, to the strains of Duelling Banjos, Harris was cajoled into asking the good citizens of Mount Shasta City if they believed in the creature.

But in 1604, when Musashi began duelling them, they were still preeminent.

Fogg was one of those Englishmen who, while they do not tolerate duelling at home, fight abroad when their honour is attacked".

In other varieties of English it maintains its French meaning. ; épée : a fencing weapon descended from the duelling sword.

It is while attending the Duelling Club that Harry learns the Expelliarmus spell, which plays a significant role in later books, by seeing Snape use it.

Nobody dares to suggest otherwise to Rawdon because of his temper and his reputation for duelling.

Schumacher again raced well in Italy, duelling with Lewis Hamilton for fourth place.

These laws vary from time to time and from place to place: note variations in gambling laws, for example, and the prohibition or encouragement of duelling in history.