6 sentences with 'clash'
Example sentences and phrases with the word clash and other words derived from it.
• « When rival polis fought, phalanxes from each side would clash and stab each other until one side broke, threw down its shields and ran away (by far the deadliest part of the confrontation). »
• « Part of the explanation for the fertile reception of radical thought - including Marxism, which remained highly influential - was a simple generational clash between members of the generation that had survived the Second World War and the children of that generation: the baby boomers. »
• « In April 1814, Admiral Brown completed the blockade of the city of Montevideo and on 17 May he defeated and almost destroyed the enemy squadron when it tried to break the siege. The clash was called the Battle of Montevideo. »
• « To pre-empt a possible attack by Estanislao López, General Paz entered Santa Fe. The two armies were about to clash when the Unitarian leader was unexpectedly taken prisoner at El Tío in May 1831. »
• « The conflict turned deadly on 5 March 1770, in a clash that became known as the Boston Massacre. »
• « The famous clash is the basis of Emerson's "Concord Hymn" (1836), which begins with the description of the "shot heard round the world". Although propagandists on both sides pointed the finger, it is unclear who fired that shot. »