tussle - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • win: He won a tussle with Everitt outside the box, dragged the ball back to Davidson who made aright hash of the shot.
  • have: I got a few good laughs, I also had a real tussle with the audience.
  • see: Spike smiled to see the silent tussle over the keys, before she pushed Giles into the passenger seat.
  • enjoy: It's about Charlton v Fulham, the two sides that have enjoyed three tremendous tussles already this season.
  • follow: Brow youngsters celebrate cup treble WATH Brow under-14s were celebrating after lifting the Cumbria Cup รข following a tough tussle with Ellenborough.
  • lose: Tried a fiddle down the middle - met with muscle, lost the tussle.

Preposition: for

  • ball: His tackling was precise and he was seldom beaten in any tussle for the ball.

Adjective modifier

  • titanic: First John White took out David Evans in a titanic tussle that brought the full house regularly to its feet.
  • tremendous: It's about Charlton v Fulham, the two sides that have enjoyed three tremendous tussles already this season.
  • tight: The other half of the draw had tight tussles of its own from the start.
  • close: The fourth game was a very close tussle with the service changing hands frequently.
  • legal: Should the boss resign he will be breaching his contract which could result in a legal tussle.
  • long: Adair Turner's long tussle with the arcane British pensions system invites comparison with undertaking an arduous military campaign.

Noun used with modifier

  • day: Getting there by itself is one tough job, and sustaining your place there is another day to day tussle.
  • midfield: Firstly, Raith's Davidson and Forfar's Donald both saw yellow after a midfield tussle.
  • way: The Norwegians were involved in a four way tussle for qualification in a group that went right down to the wire.
  • minute: After a 20 minute tussle the two of them land a sparkler of an 18lb fish.
  • opening: Supermarine had recently beaten Blackheath in the Cup competition and this opening tussle showed how much Club had learned from their previous encounter.

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