As weapons for hand to hand combat these so far surpassed the old 'framea,' that the imperial infantry found it no light matter to defeat a German tribe.
Thus the two armies met all along the line in a hand-to-hand combat, and a sanguinary melee began.
It was far too ponderous for use on horseback, and being wielded with both arms precluded the use of a shield in hand to hand combat[24].
The Japanese, long centuries before, had proven the fist less than the most effective manner in which to pursue hand-to-hand combat.
When still a sergeant in the Category Military, he had once become close companions with an old pro whose specialty was teaching hand-to-hand combat.
Joe had met the type before, especially in hand-to-hand combat.
The gleam in an ordinarily fishlike eye when he recounts the time you killed three men in hand-to-hand combat, equipped only with an entrenching tool, when they came at you with bayonets.
After surrounding the house, the attacking party broke out into the war cry and challenged their foes to a hand-to-hand combat.
At times a hand-to-hand combat between a friendly deity and some more powerful demon is described at great length.
If red predominates among the colors of the rainbow it is thought that the mightier war spirits are engaged in hand-to-hand combat; but if the colors are dark, it is a sign of slaughter.
The wild barbarians keep a constant look out to pounce upon any wanderers weaker than themselves, and few are the natives to be seen who bear not on their persons some indelible mark of hand to hand combat.
Buck caught one end of the uplifted stick; it broke between them and they closed in hand-to-hand combat.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hand combat" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
