SCRIMMAGE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for SCRIMMAGE, such as:
1. I will fight this scrimmage with warriors of my own color.
2. I should be sorry to think they had, though this is a spot that stout courage might hold for a smart scrimmage.
3. He was caught in the whirl of a scrimmage and, fearful of the flashing eyes and muddy boots, bent down to look through the legs.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of SCRIMMAGE
scrimmage
 n.  a noisy riotous fight
 n.  (American football) practice play between a football team's squads
Classic Sentence:
1  I should be sorry to think they had, though this is a spot that stout courage might hold for a smart scrimmage.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5
2  I will fight this scrimmage with warriors of my own color.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32
3  He was caught in the whirl of a scrimmage and, fearful of the flashing eyes and muddy boots, bent down to look through the legs.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
4  There have been scrimmages atween one or two of their outlyers and myself; but that is neither here nor there.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25
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