Example Sentences

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The current NHL game has no place for one-dimensional fighters like the days of yesteryear, a product of the salary cap and rule changes that have minimalized the instances of bareknuckle boxing on skates.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

He played bareknuckle boxer Jack Wilson, who grappled with Clint Eastwood in an epic brawl in "Any Which Way You Can," one of the top-grossing movies of 1980.

From Fox News • Jul. 10, 2021

But for the most part, the half a dozen or so national critics in the UK are the writerly equivalent of bareknuckle fighters.

From The Guardian • Feb. 26, 2020

The Kimbo origin story begins with his first recorded scrap, a bareknuckle fight filmed in 2003 that earned him $3,000 and transformed him into an online star.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2016

"Mollycoddles!" shriek the ghosts of the bareknuckle days who float over the ring, but we do not heed their voices.

From Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams by Broun, Heywood