fight
verb (used without object)
to engage in battle or in single combat; attempt to defend oneself against or to subdue, defeat, or destroy an adversary.
was fighting
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past progressiveof fight.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Inflation worries have been behind some of the large quarterly jumps in Treasury yields seen in the past — including in the early 1980s, when the Fed was fighting inflation with higher policy rates.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Police bodycam footage, obtained by TMZ, revealed the family was fighting over a recent health scare involving Milania.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
A woman has been issued four parking fines and sent a letter from a debt collection company while she was "fighting for her life" in hospital.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Sumner was a radical Republican on the vanguard of the anti-slavery movement, and as an abolitionist, he was fighting to rewrite the Constitution using Frederick Douglass’ language.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
His face was very red, and I could tell he was fighting for some kind of control.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
