What is "battled"

Usage examples of "battled".

He had seen the city before, had battled on this very plain, but he had never heard the wind whisper through the valley as it did today, and the sound startled him.

For Lukien, who had battled the Reecians since graduating war college, it seemed a miracle.

The infantrymen in their winged helmets and ornate armor battled on the bridge with swords and pikes, while the mass of cavalry stood detached, some trying vainly to cross the river.

No less a warrior than Arthur, she battled wickedness and ignorance, never granting quarter.

The word flew through the ranks ahead in half a dozen tongues, cheering the Romans and devastating the Brigantes who battled against them.

Wormgrass and feather fern battled for control of the walls, and rootlike plants dangled from the tunnel roof.

The ferrin battled fiercely, slaughtering the vermin by the thousands.

The soldiers fought doggedly, attacking the amphibians in small bands, while the Rillyti battled each for himself.

He battled his way outside several times a day to check on his troops and horses, returning exhausted but still restless.

He battled his aching body, his rebellious stomach, and swayed to his feet.

He barked out the recall, and watched as his soldiers battled to extricate themselves from the two men.

Weasel Clan horsewarriors battled on two sidesagainst Tithansi lancers at the front, and pike-wielding infantry on their right flank.

Ahead battled the front line of marines, horribly thinned, yielding step after step as the Guran heavy infantry pushed down the slope.

Somewhere in their wake, a fast trader battled the same storm, and her presenceannounced by the lookout only minutes before the green and strangely luminescent cloud rolled over themgnawed at Kalam, refusing to go away.

He had been a close colleague of Hildebrand: they had battled together against a powerful heresy that denied Transsubstantiation.