How to use "battle" in a sentence

After the terrible battle with the enemy ship, everything on the Nautilus was quiet

With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan - to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.

Now the trumpet summons us again - not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need - not as a call to battle, though embattled we are - but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation" - a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself.

There were several street children, excited by the sound of battle, who also joined them

He was so confused that he did not recognize Javert, tied to a post inside the inn throughout the battle.

The battle continued for some time; the cannon destroyed the upper windows of the wine shop, and did some damage to the barricade, but the rebels did not withdraw

Valjean had taken no part in the battle

On one side of him was the field of battle

'Do you realize, Monsieur, how brave this man was? He rescued me from the field of battle and carried me through the sewers of Paris

When you know what they're trying to do, you're one step ahead; you've won half the battle already

He would begin the battle over a triviality and goad her until the bickering escalated into marital warfare

Right now, however, she didn't feel up to the battle

"If the father has a chance to protest," Elliot said, "we'll probably get involved in a knock-down-drag-out legal battle

The entire battle had taken less than ten seconds.

I had already decided that the area around London would be the scene of a great battle before the Martians could be destroyed.

Everyone stood still, stopped by the sudden sound of battle, near us but invisible to us.