brawled; brawling; brawls
1
: to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle
soccer fans brawling in the streets
2
: to make a loud confused noise
the Miami river … brawled over 25 feet of rapids—
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brawler
noun
1
: a noisy quarrel or fight
a brawl broke out among the fans
a barroom brawl
2
: a loud tumultuous noise
the spring run became quite a trout brook and its tiny murmur a loud brawl—John Burroughs
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Examples of brawl in a Sentence
Verb
Fans were brawling in the streets after the game.
the Wilsons were always loudly brawling, and the neighbors were always shutting their windows
Noun
they were thrown out of the party after starting a brawl
the student drama society's decision to put on the controversial play prompted a brawl at the school board meeting
Recent Examples on the Web
Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Not for brawling with Deion Sanders at the 20-yard line of the Georgia Dome.
—Zak Keefer, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
Kevin Owens was supposed to face Randy Orton at WWE Crown Jewel, but the match never took place after the friends-turned-rivals got into a wild brawl before the bell rang.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Verb
In a heated encounter in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Owens attacked Orton with a steel chair pre-match, and the two former world champions brawled at ringside and into the crowd, with Orton even hitting Raw General Manager Adam Pearce with a vicious RKO.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Not for brawling with Deion Sanders at the 20-yard line of the Georgia Dome.
—Zak Keefer, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
Noun
Another video verified by NBC News showed a brawl break out outside Amsterdam Central Station after the game, in what the photographer described as an attack by Israeli fans on local residents.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
Kevin Owens was supposed to face Randy Orton at WWE Crown Jewel, but the match never took place after the friends-turned-rivals got into a wild brawl before the bell rang.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Brawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brawl. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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