Sentences with phrase «fought duel»

The document requires elected office holders to swear an oath that they have «not fought a duel with deadly weapons within this State nor out of it.»

The world number three emerged victorious after a hard - fought duel resulting in 7:6 (4), 5:7 and 7:6 (4) after 3:05 hours of high - class tennis.

Duke of Wellington and the Earl of Winchilsea 1829The Duke, who was then prime minister, fought a duel with Lord Winchilsea after he had introduced the final steps in catholic emancipation.

Castlereagh (1769 — 1822) is the only foreign secretary to have fought a duel and eventually committed suicide.

The name «Pokémon» is shorthand for «pocket monster», a fictional animated creature that can be captured, raised and used to fight duels.

They delight in fighting duels.

I think Karen Brennan's Designing for Learning by Creating and Gigi Luk's Roadmap to Empirical Research are fighting a duel for the day - to - day impact on my thought processes.

Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls, / Grinning goblins fighting duels, / Werewolves rising from their tombs, / Witches on their magic brooms.

«The maxim marks and preserves a great advance in the judicial administration of law from the days when a defeated litigant's appeal from a judicial decision was a challenge to the judge to fight a duel.

Not exact matches

Muchembled explains both the development of dueling among the nobility and rural revolts against the centralization of authority as reactions against state repression of traditional codes of violence: «In each case, the participants claimed an eminent right to a straight fight, even if it resulted in the death of the adversary.»

«The fans knew that and the club did too, that is probably why they got me but there is another side to my game as well — that is being aggressive and fighting in the duels.»

«that is being aggressive and fighting in the duels.»

Wayne do you consider fighting for position and winning aerial duels while having knees put in your back part of a strikers job?

That special American dynamism diagnosed by Parry O'Brien couldn't quite stop Russia in a bitterly fought track duel

I'd love for Theo to be given the chance to fight it out with Giroud up front and bring in a WC right wing to duel it out with the Ox.

When people say another Vieira they mean a tall, strong, competent, fully capable fighting machine who wins almost every duel he goes into and is good at dribbling long lengths of the pitch for inspirational effect.

There is no doubt that he gives Arsenal something different as he's a player that likes a tackle, will fight for the ball, win aerial duels and offer layoffs for others to attack.

-- We need to enter the match with courage and to fight in every action and every duel, but also be smart because at back as United is in great shape — said Tottenham boss, Mauricio Pochettino, who clearly intends to apply cautious tactic and to look for goals from counter-attacks.

In contrast, the upper classes would only have fought in a more formal duel system, perhaps involving swords, horses or jousting lances, in which the opponents would have had armour to protect their heads.

Natural selection for improved performance of dueling males with different fighting strategies likely drove the diversification of weapons in this group of beetles, the researchers conclude.

As a rookie pilot, you must demonstrate your courage against enemy planes by fighting in aerial duels.

As Charlie prepares Atom for the ultimate duel with a stomping, green - eyed monster named Zeus, it is Max's bright idea that Charlie pull himself into fighting shape and guide Atom by pantomime from outside the ring.

Yes, the Wild West of our collective imagination was filled with honorable duels and gunslinging bandits, but they couldn't have possibly resolved every fight with a gun, could they?

After a brief but thrilling duel with Kylo, Luke, sensing the Resistance forces had gotten far enough away, stops fighting and powers down his lightsaber.

Even if the film didn't quite meet the expectations that «Duel of the Fates» created, the song is just as exciting, energizing and powerful as ever, and I think we can all agree that the lightsaber duel in the film's climax is one of the best fights in the whole sDuel of the Fates» created, the song is just as exciting, energizing and powerful as ever, and I think we can all agree that the lightsaber duel in the film's climax is one of the best fights in the whole sduel in the film's climax is one of the best fights in the whole saga.

Developed by NetherRealms Studios, the game is a return to 2D fighting form where classic Mortal Kombat characters like Sub-Zero, Johnny Cage, and Scorpion duel to the death with gore aplenty.

A rooftop tennis court's chickenwire cage - fight is only the starting point for the duel of good against evil ninjas.

In duel mode you get to fight some friends in a fight to the death, muah ha.

When you set off a devastating combo or just even a lone powerful hit, gameplay shifts from this opening Field Phase to the Duel Phase, locking the camera and turning the brawl into a 2D fighting game for a short time.

For starters, there's a fighting mini-game based on Double Dragon called Double Dragon Duel.

After the usual rigamarole about shooting challenges and directorial perfectionism, someone asked Zhang Yimou what he thought the film was about, which he either answered honestly or deftly dodged by asserting that what he wanted people to take from the film, long after they've forgotten the plot, are the memories of certain images: two women in red fighting among swirling yellow leaves, two sorrowful men flying and dueling on a lake as still as a mirror, a sky of black arrows, a desert moonscape haunted by lonely figures in white.

Duels Duels were an integral boss - fight mechanic in Red Dead Revolver, and were used sparingly to great dramatic effect in Red Dead Redemption while also forming the conceptual basis on the dead eye mechanic.

Duels were an integral boss - fight mechanic in Red Dead Revolver, and were used sparingly to great dramatic effect in Red Dead Redemption while also forming the conceptual basis on the dead eye mechanic.

«Arrested Development» stars Jason Bateman and Will Arnett fight over dueling banana stands in an episode from the series.

Hyun - soo challenges Jong - hun to a duel one day when he is no longer able to put up with his behaviour, an epic fight scene ensues.

«The Making of an Epic Battle» (3:09) gives a general look at the choreography and filming, while «The Whip Fight» (1:38) centers on a one - on - one duel with one of the more prominent members of the group.

Duel mode plays out somewhat like a fighting game where two teams of three face off against each other and use battle cards as powerups during the match.

Fight Night Round 4 hits the show hard this week, joined by other giant games this week; Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Let's Tap, and Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers, make it a heavy week.

Chief among them is a seemingly more central role for Daisy Ridley, lots of new explosions, duels and spaceship fights and that great, very Abrams-esque swooping hand - off from Oscar Isaac to Boyega.

PlayStation 4 owners with PS Plus subscribers will get Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition, a fighting game that lets you finally figure out which DC heroes & villains would win in a fight, and Secret Ponchos, a wild west arcade - style duel where you'll face off against friends or team up to take down other players.

Instead, after a memorable street fight with Michelle over cookie - selling territory, Helen pretty much vanishes, and the film veers off into a hostile takeover of the brownie enterprise, followed by a ham - fisted office stunt in which Michelle duels it out with Renault.

Featuring an innovative racing duel system that worked a bit like a 2D fighting game, TXR provided one of the best single player campaigns in racing game history.

Epic lightsaber fights, huge space battles, one - on - one duels — there's rarely a moment when something amazing isn't happening onscreen.

In Story Mode, you play through each of the party and duel boards, before fighting in a boss battle at the end.

Fans at the Nürburgring, where 69,000 spectators attended the event over the weekend, were treated to exceptionally good touring car racing: with entertaining position fights and closely - fought door - to - door duels, there were entertaining battles for the best positions and valuable points for the drivers» standings in the 16th DTM race of the season.

Over 39.9 million «wizard duels» have been fought and 4.2 million attempts were made to make a potion.

Well if it is a «duel» core, I would expect much worse performance since the two cores would be fighting against each other.

Hunt»em, fight»em, love»em or duel»em — it's a short but memorable list of manga titles kicking off June.

Duel definition, a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel!

You might be snatching cargo, dueling Atherton or fighting off the creepiness that is Jubal Early.