Examples of 'skirmishing' in a sentence
Meaning of "skirmishing"
Skirmish means to engage in a brief and minor fight or battle, often as part of a larger conflict
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- present participle of skirmish
- A brief battle; a skirmish.
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They are skirmishing all over the globe.
What bedevils them is our consistent skirmishing.
Skirmishing heated up along the entire front.
Her and her husband skirmishing frequently.
Skirmishing between the two forces began.
Take four of the detail in skirmishing order.
Only light skirmishing occurred on this day.
These expeditions involved only minor skirmishing.
Cavalry skirmishing took place every day.
This took the form of border skirmishing.
Considerable skirmishing along our entire front.
Both sides then engaged in some skirmishing.
Unarmoured skirmishing cavalry armed with javelins.
Cavalry proper is described as used for skirmishing.
Skirmishing off the way you do.
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We are in close proximity and constantly skirmishing.
This preliminary skirmishing had no effect.
The skirmishing was quite brisk during the twelfth.
Six days of incessant skirmishing followed.
More skirmishing continued until dark.
Take forward a detail in skirmishing order.
Continuous skirmishing was kept up with occasional artillery practice.
But this was no more than skirmishing.
Skirmishing continued in several places during the day.
No action beyond minor skirmishing occurred during the day.
Skirmishing along the whole length of the line.
It only did some skirmishing after the battle had ended.
Skirmishing and intense fighting occurred throughout the demonstration.
Accuracy was of more importance than the rate of fire when skirmishing.
The skirmishing before the commencement of a general battle.
The men in skirmishing.
Here the skirmishing continued for approximately two hours.
The months that followed were marked by skirmishing in and around that village.
Skirmishing took place but did not interfere with the build up.
The two forces engaged in skirmishing a few days after the raid.
First skirmishing occurred at the outskirts of town for a few days.
The soldiers were now much worn down by the constant marching and skirmishing.
Inconclusive skirmishing continued over the next two days.
Sheridan spent the next several months occupied with light skirmishing and fighting guerrillas.
Skirmishing at each signal.
It drifted into a stalemate with minor skirmishing over the next few weeks.
I can hear skirmishing and occasionally a canon not far off.
One black Federal soldier had been killed in the skirmishing.
Skirmishing all forenoon.
He is followed by a skirmishing party of Turkish troops.
Skirmishing ensued for several hours after and lasted all day until sundown.
The Community can not go on with this institutional skirmishing.
It ensued in skirmishing in which several demonstrators and four police officers were killed.
The only action around El Alamein is light skirmishing.
There was some skirmishing and when a sword fight started the cavalry came in.
