(v. i.) To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones.
(n.) A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl.
Example Sentences:
(1) On 23 June, the Cleveland linebacker Ausar Walcott was charged with attempted murder following a brawl in a bar; three days later, the New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was arrested on suspicion of shooting a man dead.
(2) Joyce was arrested in March after being allegedly involved in a brawl at a bar at the House of Commons, but prosecutors took no action against him.
(3) A randomised trial was conducted to assess the value of sending a mobile coronary care unit (MCCU) to all emergency calls other than those for children or for patients injured in road-traffic accidents or brawls.
(4) Uefa has charged both nations following the ensuing mass brawl but the controversy continued on Thursday.
(5) Not only is Corbyn not being granted a honeymoon, relatives are determined to have a brawl at the wedding.
(6) When these two men-children confronted one another with violent intent in a press conference at the Olympiahalle, less than an hour after Chisora's sanctioned brawl with Vitali Klitschko, they knew exactly what they were doing.
(7) (One witness to the encounter described the two leaders as like "lads looking for a brawl outside a pub on a Friday night").
(8) Cue mass brawl after the inevitable German penalty shoot-out victory.
(9) There have also been mass escapes, countless self-harm attempts and brawls leading to one guard being suspended, according to incident logs obtained under freedom of information laws.
(10) Rose, who sparked the first brawl after clashing with Willian and was booked, said he was sorry for how the game may have looked to young viewers.
(11) He said he believed a brawl was breaking out when “all of a sudden a guy comes up with a knife ... stabs me there [motioning to his neck] I push him off and blood is going everywhere”.
(12) The Lapland New Forest attraction drew criticism back in 2008, with its brawling elves, sad-looking animals and muddy grotto.
(13) Cracks appear in cabinet as same-sex marriage splits Abbott's frontbench Read more The rolling brawl caps off a terrible week for the Abbott government, with the instability set to roll on into next week’s new parliamentary session.
(14) In 36% the situation was characterized by brawling or chasing.
(15) For a few minutes the brawling was as pronounced as at any England game in recent years and, though riot police arrived to divide the two sets of supporters, trouble flared again after Barkley’s deflected shot had given England the lead.
(16) A drunken brawl was in progress and as Cohn opened the cab door one of the guys reeled over the gutter and threw up over his trouser leg.
(17) During the ensuing brawl with the audience, eight people were injured.
(18) Law graduate 1954-55 Served in Indochina as paratroop lieutenant 1956 Youngest French MP (Poujadist movement), volunteer lieutenant in Algeria 1957 Implicated in French army torture during a three-month tour of duty in Algeria 1958 Loses right eye in electoral brawl, defeated in general elections 1972 Establishes the National Front party 1974 Polls 0.62% (190,000 votes) in presidential election 1976 Inherits fortune from NF supporter after court battle 1984 Becomes MEP 1986 MP (loses seat in 1988) 1987 Claims that Nazi concentration camps were 'a mere detail' of second world war 1990 Fined the equivalent of £160,000 for incitement to racial hatred 2000 Banned from holding political office for a year after attacking a woman Socialist candidate 2002 Polled 18%(5.5 million votes) in presidential election
(19) Uefa has charged the Serbian and Albanian Football Associations after the brawl involving players, supporters and stewards was sparked by a drone carrying the insignia of so-called “Greater Albania”, with the governing body expected to enforce heavy sanctions.
(20) As for the man in the middle of the brawl, he was among the few people remaining calm.
Disagree
Definition:
(v. i.) To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance.
(v. i.) To differ in opinion; to hold discordant views; to be at controversy; to quarrel.
(v. i.) To be unsuited; to have unfitness; as, medicine sometimes disagrees with the patient; food often disagrees with the stomach or the taste.
Example Sentences:
(1) Opposition politicians such as Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam and Chee Soon Juan , brought low for daring to disagree.
(2) Even regional allies disagree with American priorities about Isis, Biddle noted, which is why Turkey continues to bomb Kurds and Saudi Arabia and the UAE arm groups around the region , most notably in Syria but also in the ruins of Yemen .
(3) Nightingale's ability to react to and obstruct progressive movement with which she disagreed is also review.
(4) Scientists have disagreed about the likelihood of a successful clone, but several governments, including the UK, have banned the reproductive cloning of human beings.
(5) Our data from studies in animal models agree in some cases with epidemiological observations, but disagree with others, particularly fat and colon cancer.
(6) She disagrees, too, with the French system which brings the classroom approach to pre-schoolers.
(7) The 13C-labelling pattern in C. aurantiacus disagrees with any of the established CO2 fixation pathways; it therefore demands a novel autotrophic CO2 fixation cycle in which 3-hydroxypropionate and succinate are likely intermediates.
(8) Police are investigating the tweets and United have said that anyone involved in abusing Ennis-Hill, or others who disagree with the club’s decision to let Evans train with them, will be banned for life.
(9) When Scholes decided his time as a player was at an end last season not many disagreed vehemently.
(10) Those who want to see Corbyn toppled as leader disagree about the best way to go about it.
(11) You don’t tear people down just because they disagree with you or stand up to you or question you,” he said.
(12) We fundamentally disagreed with that: we thought it should be easy to use."
(13) We disagree with Julian's assessment as we will be in big financial trouble if we don't publish.
(14) Previous studies have disagreed as to whether the mechanism of estrogen action involves stimulation of calcitonin (CT) secretion.
(15) Sensitization by potassium bichromate estimated by patch test only was 30%, and by MIT only also 30%, but the two test methods disagreed in 24%.
(16) It is called the Constitution of the United States.” The anti-Planned Parenthood videos fail to make a case against abortion | Scott Lemieux Read more It’s not news that Rubio disagrees with reproductive freedom – he opposed Obama supreme court nominee Sonia Sotomayor because of his opposition not only to Roe v Wade but to any constitutional right to privacy.
(17) But that aside, I have to disagree with what, I think, is Mr Hitchens' point about fashion: that in order to prevent disasters such as 70s style returning, we should always dress with one eye on how future generations will mock us.
(18) Examiners were consistent in the repetitive detection of pulmonary abnormalities in 74-89% of the examinations; conversely, 11-26% of the time they disagreed with themselves.
(19) "Just because we disagree doesn't mean I don't get him," Christie replied.
(20) Looking around this festival of high-price, high-end art, it's hard to disagree.