bout
noun
Origin of bout
Synonyms for bout
Related Words for bouts
session, tour, spell, round, contest, competition, match, battle, encounter, struggle, term, run, fit, course, tear, shift, trick, turn, go, stintExamples from the Web for bouts
Contemporary Examples of bouts
Her bouts with cancer—all three of them—were inspiring, heartbreaking, and, most of all, real.
Lost in the two opposing framings of Funke are the reports that her family stated that she suffered from bouts of depression.
Either one describes the bouts of anxiety single guys in their thirties feel about their marital status.
Bouts of landays may be a formal part of a family gathering or may emerge more spontaneously as an adjunct to collective labor.
Brooks: The main thing I remember from then is bouts of grief for no apparent reason.
Historical Examples of bouts
He had won two bouts out of three and stood victor without a throw.
Buried Cities, Part 2Jennie Hall
It was in one of Wilson's bouts away at—at Gaskarth, so he said.
The Shadow of a CrimeHall Caine
From the warping-bars these bouts are carefully wound on the warp-beam.
Home Life in Colonial DaysAlice Morse Earle
But in all the many other bouts in which Verbeena had been engaged, kissing was strictly foul.
The ShriekCharles Somerville
The three bouts are over, and your ambition will be gratified.