affray - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • cause: The two Nuneaton men arrested following the football match on suspicion of causing affray were released on police bail pending further enquiries.
  • follow: Cohen faced a similar dilemma when his father, Peter, died tragically following an affray in the nightclub he ran in Northampton.
  • constitute: The mere carrying of a concealed weapon would not by itself constitute affray.
  • shoot: Mr. Short, who is Harris's partner, and a police officer, had a shooting affray.
  • include: Offenses included affray, possession of drugs and theft.
  • make: Jonathan Woodgate was found not guilty of GBH but convicted of making an affray and given 100 hours of community service.

Adjective modifier

  • desperate: A desperate affray took place, in which several of the officers were wounded, some most seriously.
  • alleged: Smith's ' and went to prison along with us for an alleged affray, was of a different class.
  • bloody: There were a growing number of bloody affrays between the local poachers and the gamekeepers, who were usually from England or Scotland.
  • violent: He received a three and a half year jail term for violent affray.

Modifies a noun

  • charge: An affray charge usually means that all parties, injured or not, to the disturbance are charged with causing the affray.

Noun used with modifier

  • street: Brown & Hedges ran into street affray - had to take cover in a canal.

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