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Example sentences for "sham fight"

  • The two parties satisfied themselves with a sham fight, Wiveah merely presenting the injured Henou with a quantity of potatoes.

  • A sham fight, in which all the regular and auxiliary troops stationed in Norwich were engaged, took place at Bramerton.

  • A sham fight, in which were engaged the Norwich Volunteer Infantry, under Col.

  • George Windham, and the Volunteers of the Cromer battery had a sham fight at that place.

  • The Artillery, Shropshire Militia, and the Volunteer Corps (horse and foot) took part in a sham fight on Bramerton Common.

  • The Brigade then marched past, and afterwards were put through a sham fight, changing front to the left, Captain W.

  • Sometimes the ceremonies ended with the sham fight, in which event the people started homeward, especially when they were in a great hurry.

  • They had nothing to do with the anointing of the sacred pole, sham fight, and Hede-watci, which ceremonies could not be performed twice during the year.

  • Next all the men go down to the shore, each of them with a firebrand in his hand, and separating into two parties engage in a sham fight.

  • Sidenote: Sham fight as a funeral ceremony at Astrolabe Bay.

  • A curious ceremony which the New Caledonians observe at a certain period of mourning for the dead is a sham fight.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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