faction fight
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Unbelievers have an interest in this religious faction fight, if only because so much social policy revolves around sex and its consequences.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Parisians were scarcely done with the "faction fight" in which the rivalry of Gluck and Piccini had involved them; but none of the partisans were inclined to be enthusiastic about the new-comer.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. by Various
It was a faction fight or something of that kind, and of course there is no feeling of a religious or party nature in it.
From Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William
The Committee of Public Safety, already tuned to its higher duties and viewing the faction fight of the assembly with some slight degree of detachment, steered a middle and politic course.
From The French Revolution A Short History by Johnston, R. M. (Robert Matteson)
Their advance to the first onset was far different from a faction fight.
From The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William
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