How to Use fight song in a Sentence

fight song

noun
  • The guys on the team had to learn -- the young guys had to learn the fight song.
    — Stephen Means, cleveland.com, 27 Aug. 2019
  • So, the band is going to teach you how to teach you the fight song.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 11 Aug. 2022
  • So, the band is going to teach you how to teach you the fight song.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The Wolverines were signing the fight song and the head coach was in the middle of the room.
    — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2020
  • The players walked as a group over to the UConn band and clapped as the fight song was played.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Sep. 2022
  • As the band played the fight song, Beilein was pumping his fists.
    — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2018
  • The fifth place team for fight song was announced first, and then the fourth place team.
    — Elliott Lapin, Houston Chronicle, 21 Jan. 2018
  • For his college friends, the Penn State fight song sounds.
    — Cassie Owens, Philly.com, 24 May 2018
  • There was no fight song played, no eight-claps broke out.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022
  • What is the easiest way to judge a school’s fight song?
    — Morgan Turner, SI.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • His rendition of the team fight song was a tad off-key.
    — Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2023
  • His rendition of the team fight song was a tad off-key.
    — Dan Gelston, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2023
  • His rendition of the team fight song was a tad off-key.
    — Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2023
  • He wasn’t allowed, so the team came to him before singing their fight song with the fans.
    — Peter Dawson, star-telegram, 25 Mar. 2018
  • Time to fire up the grill, whip out the pigskin and cue the fight song – the college football season is here.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The band quickly learned the Lakers' fight song and the two schools teamed up for a lovely evening.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Older fans, clad in blue and gold, belted the school fight song.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Dust off your favorite school's jersey and fire up the fight song.
    — Editors, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2022
  • And in what might be a first for a beer fest, there's an actual fight song.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The fact that the Trojans remembered to sing the fight song is a step in the right direction.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 3 Jan. 2018
  • During the game, the bands struck up college fight songs on each side of the stadium.
    — Marci Shatzman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 19 Dec. 2017
  • This was an era when fight songs — performed by bands at the stadium — were the norm.
    — A.j. Perez, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2018
  • The school’s fight song blared through the public-address system.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, kansascity, 19 Jan. 2018
  • They’re all so aggrieved all the time, bless their hearts and their fight song that no one wants to sing anymore.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 15 July 2021
  • To make the words of that silly fight song sound less ancient, less mocking.
    — Greg Cote, miamiherald, 11 May 2018
  • Just before practice ended, the gates to the field swung open and the USC band, led by the song girls, marched in playing the school’s fight song.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
  • As a way to lessen that awkward silence this year the SEC played fight songs for the team at a low volume as the coach came from the wings and reached the lectern.
    — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 23 July 2023
  • Smith’s players slapped backs and sang the school fight song together.
    — John Canzano, oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Meanwhile, the in-room light fixtures grew out of a Cornell alum's science project, and the lamp bases have the school's fight song in Morse code.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2021
  • But of course this is how Mr. Trump views music: as theme songs, fight songs, soundtracks for memories more than works of art.
    — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025

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