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Fought is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Fought in a sentence

Fought meaning

simple past and past participle of fight

Using Fought

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of fight
  • In the example corpus, fought often appears in combinations such as: fought for, fought back, he fought.

Context around Fought

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 9 start, 10 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

sanchez 1× vets 1× max 1× hard 1× bradley 1× party 1× actually 1× dragon 1× parliament 1× hungary 1×

Often after:

hard 3× battle 2× god 1× lucifer 1× demons 1× self 1× anything 1× once 1× five 1×

Sentence patterns with Fought

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

2004 and fought this harder 1× a hard fought battle with 1× a well fought battle 1× a well fought that was 1× access he fought for a 1× and he fought his deportation 1× and hungary fought hard to 1× and max fought so damn 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

although the blue 1× award winning filmmaker 1× bruce was diagnosed 1× elsewhere another previous 1× from december 2005 1× gurpreet singh gill 1×

Common sentence endings:

about the brothers 1× against wasteful spending 1× and fought again 1× developer s paradise 1× during the storyline 1× format patrick said 1×

Words around Fought

Just before it in the word index:

fougere 11 foufas 3 fouet 3 foudy 6 fouda 4 foucher 3

Just after it in the word index:

foul 1.489 foula 2 foulard 2 foulds 7 fouled 333 foulest 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

corporation 3.789 laid 3.789 portion 3.789 weapon 3.788 functions 3.786 dating 3.784

Corpus analysis for Fought

  • In this selection, "fought" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, sanchez, vets, max, hard, battle and god stand out and add context to how "fought" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 2004 and fought this harder and a hard fought battle with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "fought" sits close to words such as corporation, laid and portion, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with fought

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The Japs fought with typical Japanese spirit—they fought until they died. (12 words)

And that was a well-fought -- that was a well-fought battle. (12 words)

Award-winning filmmaker Shoojit Sircar also on Twitter, writing,“You fought and fought and fought. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

The European Parliament fought hard to strengthen the EU’s hand, Poland and Hungary fought hard to weaken it, and “frugal” northern member states were eager to display vigilance against wasteful spending. (32 words)

Elsewhere, another previous champion in Peter Glover progressed after a hard-fought battle with Ramsey's Danny Foulis whilst Castletown's Gerald Bradley fought back against Lewis Howland to win. (30 words)

His goal is to fight four times in 2019, which, considering he fought in December, could mean he will have fought five times in 12 months if he follows through. (30 words)

Example sentences (20)

On “Supernatural,” we fought God, we fought Lucifer, was Lucifer at one point, we fought demons — but it was really about the brothers.

Award-winning filmmaker Shoojit Sircar also on Twitter, writing,“You fought and fought and fought.

From December 2005 to January 2020, from Joseph Davidson to Austin Williams, Donald Sanchez fought, fought and fought again.

We fought so damn hard, the vets fought so damn hard, and Max fought so damn hard.

Elsewhere, another previous champion in Peter Glover progressed after a hard-fought battle with Ramsey's Danny Foulis whilst Castletown's Gerald Bradley fought back against Lewis Howland to win.

He fought for access, he fought for a very similar request to me, which was a weekly format,” Patrick said.

And it’s a story about these truly courageous Chinese historians who have fought the party, fought the leadership, showing tremendous bravery.

Joshua had not fought at the highest level that day while Dubois hadn’t fought as a professional at all.

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The Union soldiers in the battle actually fought self-determination; it was the Confederates who fought for the right of their people to govern themselves” (emphasis added).

Bruce was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2004 and fought this harder than he fought anything in his life.

Lastly, Stormterror is the dragon fought as a part of the main storyline, and he can be fought once a week after he is rescued during the storyline.

The European Parliament fought hard to strengthen the EU’s hand, Poland and Hungary fought hard to weaken it, and “frugal” northern member states were eager to display vigilance against wasteful spending.

The Japs fought with typical Japanese spirit—they fought until they died.

And that was a well-fought -- that was a well-fought battle.

Gurpreet Singh Gill fought his sentencing and conviction all the way to B.C.'s Court of Appeal, and he fought his deportation in Federal Court.

His goal is to fight four times in 2019, which, considering he fought in December, could mean he will have fought five times in 12 months if he follows through.

King fought for the common man– not just Negros, but everyone who was disenfranchised, fought for women and their rights,” he said.

Previous community groups and state governments have fought hard to protect this piece of paradise, while others have fought to make it a developer’s paradise.

Shame that the GOP is hell bent on defending traitorous scum who fought Against the US rather than actual heroes who fought For the US.

Although the Blue Devils were not giving up, they still fought and fought, but had no answer and no gas left in the tank as the never scored again.

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Common combinations with fought

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "fought" in a sentence?
An example: "On “Supernatural,” we fought God, we fought Lucifer, was Lucifer at one point, we fought demons — but it was really about the brothers." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "fought" from authentic English texts.
What does "fought" mean?
Fought means: simple past and past participle of fight
How many example sentences with "fought" are there?
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