SCUFFLE in a Sentence

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32 example sentences for SCUFFLE, such as:

1. Five pickets were injured in the scuffle.
2. He was involved in a scuffle with a photographer.
3. I heard oaths and the confused sounds of a scuffle.
4. The youth and his friend had a small scuffle over the flag.
5. He and Hannah had been scuffling in the yard outside his house.

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 Meanings and Examples of SCUFFLE
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scuffle
 v.  shuffle; fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters; wrestle in a rough fashion
Classic Sentence: (24 in 2 pages)
1  I heard oaths and the confused sounds of a scuffle.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
2  Then there was a scuffle behind the bush; a preliminary premonitory scratching.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
3  He was damned glad it was over--the scurry and the scuffle, the rouge and the rings.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 12
4  If questioned, they were directed by their master to say, that the empty litter of the Lady Rowena was employed to transport one of their comrades who had been wounded in the scuffle.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
5  At this instant, Mrs. Bumble stepped hastily forward to replace the carpet, which had been kicked up in the scuffle.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
6  In the scuffle, your son struck Sir George and cut him over the eye.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
7  He dogs the fellow, he sees him enter a house, he waits outside for him, and in the scuffle he receives his own death-wound.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
8  Unfortunately for her, she had lost her glasses in the scuffle, and as she was extremely short-sighted she was really helpless without them.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
9  There was a scuffle of feet and a dark figure emerged from the cave of the front hall.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
10  During the scuffle, I managed, I know not how, to get my pass out, and, without being discovered, put it into the fire.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
11  Just a moment previous to the scuffle with Henry, Mr. Hamilton suggested the propriety of making a search for the protections which he had understood Frederick had written for himself and the rest.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
12  The youth and his friend had a small scuffle over the flag.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
13  The blue whirl of men got very near, until it seemed that in truth there would be a close and frightful scuffle.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
14  The last I saw of them was, when I presently heard a scuffle behind me, and looking back, saw Joe throwing an old shoe after me and Biddy throwing another old shoe.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIX
15  Then, the two nurses left the room, and had a lively scuffle on the staircase with a dissipated page who had waited at dinner, and who had clearly lost half his buttons at the gaming-table.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXIII
Example Sentence:
1  Five pickets were injured in the scuffle.
2  He was involved in a scuffle with a photographer.
3  The police officer said that he had placed the man under arrest and that a scuffle had ensued.
4  He tried to scuffle his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS.
5  There he was dogged by his confederate, who held Beppo responsible for the loss of the pearl, and he stabbed him in the scuffle.
6  He and Hannah had been scuffling in the yard outside his house.
7  Tempers ran high as the bill inched toward law; an attempt by the government to cut off debate sparked scuffles among lawmakers.
8  Two police officers were injured in scuffles with fans at Sunday's National Football League contest.