The whole room reeked with the odor of chloroform, which seemed to be the final mark of a swift but hard-fought struggle.

This was a long, bitter, and hard-fought struggle.

Despite a long and hard-fought struggle, Roman casualties were negligible.

In a hard-fought defensive struggle, Auburn won, 10-9, when a missed extra point was replayed after a penalty.

The conquest of Saipan was followed by an equally hard-fought struggle for Guam.

In Game 6, she won a hard-fought struggle.

This year's match, played in New Haven, was a hard-fought struggle between teams of eight with the lead changing hands frequently.

Although probably outnumbered by a substantial margin, Julian's army won a complete victory after a hard-fought struggle.

Spraggett drew the first tie-break but lost the second, below, in a hard-fought struggle.

And then, very suddenly, what had been a hard-fought struggle became a rout.