mêlée

in a sentence

I heard footfalls, shouts, an approaching melee of kite runners.  (source) Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner, 2003

Little Louise Zamperini, mother of four, was deep in the melee when the cops picked her up for brawling.  (source) Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken, 2010

The man with the greasy hair pushed his way out of the melee and stood up, kicking the woman in the ribs as he did so.  (source) James Dashner, The Death Cure, 2011

The MELEE became general, but strength was on the side of the Musketeers.  (source) Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers, 1850

resume alas alas on on in short in fine on on abode of stones who can doubt it I resume but not so fast I resume the skull fading fading fading and concurrently simultaneously what is more for reasons unknown in spite of the tennis on on the beard the flames the tears the stones so blue so calm alas alas on on the skull the skull the skull the skull in Connemara in spite of the tennis the labors abandoned left unfinished graver still abode of stones in a word I resume alas alas abandoned unfinished the skull the skull in Connemara in spite of the tennis the skullalas the stones Cunard (mêlée, final vociferations) tennis ....the stones ....so calm ....Cunard ....unfinished ....POZZO: His hat!†  (source) Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot, 1953

It was in one of these melees that Jurgis fell into his trap.†  (source) Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, 1906

Ser Balon, I have watched you tilt many a time, and fought with and against you in mêlées.†  (source) George R. R. Martin, A Storm of Swords, 2000

Melee weapons, guns, grenades, mines, cannons, etc. were all used.†  (source) Cixin Liu, The Three-Body Problem, 2008

Ser Barristan suggested a tourney instead; his orphans could ride at rings and fight a mêlée with blunted weapons, he said, a suggestion Dany knew was as hopeless as it was well-intentioned.†  (source) George R. R. Martin, A Dance With Dragons, 2011

But if we had allowed the Irish to rule themselves, the race would be extinct by now, having bashed each other's brains out in drunken, mindless orgies and furious melees that only such degenerate races are capable of.†  (source) Pat Conroy, The Lords of Discipline, 1980

In mêlées, you'd curse my flaming sword, though thrice I overthrew you with it.†  (source) George R. R. Martin, A Storm of Swords, 2000

The melee seemed to halt for a split second as all eyes turned to look at Og, who was now floating at the center of the dance floor.†  (source) Ernest Cline, Ready Player One, 2011

All order seemed to vanish in a rushing mêlée.†  (source) Zane Grey, The Thundering Herd, 1925