fought

[ fawt ]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of fight.

fought

/ fɔːt /

verb

1. See fight
   the past tense and past participle of fight

Other Words From

• un·fought adjective
• well-fought adjective

Example Sentences

The reason it failed is that people argued against, fought and ultimately defeated dominant 18th-century values, often overcoming serious entrenched interests to do so.

From Washington Post

The Bolts hoisted their second ever Stanley Cup on Monday night after dispatching the Dallas Stars 2-0, bringing to an end a hard-fought but ultimately comfortable series after six games.

From FiveThirtyEight

Also, requesting world peace implies that there are no bad guys in the world who need to be fought.

From The Daily Beast

The NRA has fought for the rights of felons to buy and own firearms.

From The Daily Beast

And its crew had fought so hard for a Christmastime miracle that was not to be.

From The Daily Beast

But I fought, and I fought hard, so that others after me have hope, and a chance.

From The Daily Beast

He fought it controversially, and at times in pretty boneheaded ways.

From The Daily Beast

It was under his auspices that the battle of Lepanto was fought, in which the Turks were so signally defeated.

From Project Gutenberg

And all the while she fought him, she punctuated her blows with words, some abusing him, others in defense of her father.

From Project Gutenberg

Two artillery subalterns who had fought their way through a mob stricken with panic for the moment, soon arrived.

From Project Gutenberg

They have fought countless bloody wars and have committed countless horrible atrocities in their zeal for Him.

From Project Gutenberg

When Europeans, native travelers and mails were swept out of existence they fought each other.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• argue
• combat
• continue
• engage in
• force
• maintain
• oppose
• resist
• support