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  • noun Plural form of brawl.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brawl.

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Examples

  • What we know of bullies from schoolyard brawls is that they're never satisfied until you knock them down and step on them, hard.

    Clancy Sigal: Wimps Don't Win Clancy Sigal 2010

  • What we know of bullies from schoolyard brawls is that they're never satisfied until you knock them down and step on them, hard.

    Clancy Sigal: Wimps Don't Win Clancy Sigal 2010

  • What we know of bullies from schoolyard brawls is that they're never satisfied until you knock them down and step on them, hard.

    Clancy Sigal: Wimps Don't Win Clancy Sigal 2010

  • There will be others that are, in short, brawls, where every free ball is a battle of arms, shoulders, trips, and the occasional elbow or shove.

    On The Pitch 2008

  • Ward's zest for combat also enlivens his detailed report of elections, public issues, and political brawls, which is further heightened by his appreciation for the personalities involved.

    Short Reviews Editors, The 1978

  • It was a succès de scandale, recalling the brawls at the premiere of The Rite of Spring in 1913, which Diaghilev famously commissioned.

    The Guardian World News 2009

  • So we have a Constitutional Right to move cameras to a games as great as to be ready to promote live any probable disturbances such as brawls, riots, terrorist explosve attempts, or any healthy disturbances such as blackouts (during night games), as great as healthy disasters such as a partial collapse of a grandstands.

    No broadcasts from Section 1 finals | Varsity Insider admin 2009

  • So we have a Constitutional Right to move cameras to a games as great as to be ready to promote live any probable disturbances such as brawls, riots, terrorist explosve attempts, or any healthy disturbances such as blackouts (during night games), as great as healthy disasters such as a partial collapse of a grandstands.

    Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009

  • Now, inasmuch as we are unable to test individual differences with special instruments, we must satisfy ourselves with the fact that there are different varieties of conception, and that these may be of especial importance in doubtful cases, such as brawls, sudden attacks, cheating at cards, pocket-picking, etc.

    Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students 1911

  • Although the attack on Türk has highlighted the subject of violence in politics once more, some commentators believe it is incorrect to link the attack on Türk with other events such as brawls in Parliament.

    Hurriyet Dailynews ISTANBUL 2010

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