Altercation Sentence Examples

An altercation ensued.

He was admitted after an altercation, and found a warm welcome at the hands of his former teacher.

At the front an altercation occurred between an Austrian guide and a Russian general.

His action led to an altercation with Ossory, the son of Ormonde, in which Ossory used language for which he was compelled to apologize.

On this occasion an altercation occurred between him and his friend Gans, who in his notice of lectures on jurisprudence had recommended Hegel's Philosophy of Right.

An angry altercation followed, for Comyn would have nothing to do with the scheme, and Bruce and his followers finally slew him before the altar of a church into which he had fled.

In 1377 the reformer appeared before Archbishop Sudbury and Courtenay, when an altercation between the duke and the bishop led to the dispersal of the court, and during the ensuing riot Lancaster probably owed his safety to the good offices of his foe.

BoS reports an altercation at one of the many traffic calming bollards.

The fall-out from a no-holds barred " kill your opponent " verbal altercation can last for decades.

He had been involved in an altercation shortly before the shooting, which was allegedly gang related.

There was a squeal of pain and fear, and a swift, fierce altercation.

Ashley claimed that he and John Rich got into an altercation, ending up with Rich punching Ashley.

Brian is serving an absurd 30+ year sentence related to a custody battle and a violent altercation with the Child Service's Department.

Over the years, Crowe, who was born in 1964 in Wellington, New Zealand, has gained a reputation for having a temper, including an altercation at a New York City hotel in 2005.

An argument of words escalated into a physical altercation that moved from inside the restaurant out to the parking lot.

Physical altercation ends with a broken window (courtesy of Akins).

On the night of the Grammy Awards, Chris Brown and Rihanna got into a physical altercation which ended in Rihanna being stranded on a California street in a car with no keys.

Brody Jenner, who has appeared on the reality TV series' The Prices of Malibu and Bromance, got involved in the altercation.

Incidentally, the original song title was Maniac but they changed it, presumably due to Chris's altercation with Rihanna.

She was so distraught over her alleged altercation with her ex-boyfriend that Tila Tequila got engaged just a few months later.

In a case of gross misconduct, the burden of proof is on the employer to prove that the misconduct existed, such as in the case of the employee being caught stealing from the employer or starting an altercation on the job.

She had a physical altercation with her boss.

Abram, Captain Kirk and Spock actually have a bit of an altercation on the bridge.

The war is ending, the Italians want to leave, they have an altercation with the Germans.

The police have a tendency to make a big deal over a very minor altercation.

There was a slight altercation, then the guards came out again dragging a limp form.

Brian said nothing and I had the feeling that there would be another little altercation before the atmosphere cleared.

In 2006, an on-set altercation between Dempsey and Washington drew national media attention.

Kayla got into a nasty physical altercation with the two Ambers, and felt like the other girls were ganging up on her.

She is also known for getting into an altercation with a fellow contestant Erin Shattuck after Erin called referred to Brandi's "meth scratched face."

Tyler thereupon grew insolent, and in the altercation that ensued the rebel leader was killed by the mayor, Sir William Walworth, and John Standwick, one of the king's squires.

When at a loss for good reasons, he had recourse to sophistry; and when heated by altercation, he made unsparing use of sarcasm and invective.

The war with Spain, in which he had urged the cabinet to take the initiative, proved inevitable; but he scorned to use the occasion for "altercation and recrimination," and spoke in support of the government measures for carrying on the war.

It appears, however, from Boswell's Life, under date of 29th April 1778, that Johnson had on one occasion quarrelled with Smith at Strahan's house, apparently in London; it is clear that the "unlucky altercation" at Strahan's must have occurred in 1761 or 1763, and could have had nothing to do with the letter on Hume's death.

The discovery that the poet had printed secretly 1500 copies of The Patriot King caused him to publish a correct version in 1749, and stirred up a further altercation with Warburton, who defended his friend against Bolingbroke's bitter aspersions, the latter, whose conduct was generally reprehended, publishing a Familiar Epistle to the most Impudent Man Living.