sea fight
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sea fight
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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Britain had won the first significant sea fight of World War II.
From Time Magazine Archive
For two acts it stirs in a good deal of miscellaneous material, from a comically brief sea fight to a farcical midshipman out of Mister Roberts.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the filming of Jones's most famed sea fight, the Serapis and the Bonhomme Richard were rebuilt timber for timber.
From Time Magazine Archive
Going in by plane was John Hersey, veteran of Guadalcanal and of the sea fight in which the Wasp was lost.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gregory of Tours tells us that they overthrew Hygelac on land, and then in a sea fight annihilated his fleet.
From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.
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