brawl
noun
an angry, rough, noisy fight, especially one engaged in under the influence of alcohol.
had brawled
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past perfectof brawl.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The group’s managing partner was Simon, a burly retired professional wrestler with a shaved head who had brawled under the name Joe Malenko and drove a Rolls-Royce.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2018
We had brawled plenty by then, to the point where I viewed her a little bit like an enemy.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
From the first day I could remember being alive, he and I had brawled.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Presently, when the varlets of Verona had brawled, there stepped into the square—what!—a mountebank, a monstrosity.
From The Works of Max Beerbohm by Sir Max Beerbohm
During an indefinite period they had brawled and fought in the unpenetrated gloom of barbarism.
From The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War by Winston Churchill
