Tooth-and-nail Sentence Examples

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  • I have fought him tooth and nail and now I am just tired and weary.

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  • Prior to our forming a government, we will fight tooth and nail against the looming catastrophe of forced integration within secondary schools.

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  • Toms warned that residents would fight tooth and nail to retain their school.

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  • The pair fought tooth and nail with Reid being the eventual victor, while Dixon recovered from a spin to take fifth.

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  • I knew my own mind well enough and always had my own way, even if I had to fight tooth and nail for it.

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  • Mills doesn't believe she's being unreasonable, however, and promises to fight tooth and nail on both sides of the pond for her due.

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  • The band released their initial album independently, but later signed with Tooth and Nail Records, and is currently with that label after several successful albums.

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