Folk passing out of Etarra speak of a battle fought in Deshir some years back against that sorcerer prince who shifts shadows.

She smiled, a curve of her lips that spoke of a battle hard fought, and a victory found only in surrender.

He speaks of a battle against the Germans.

The theme echoes through talks with patients struggling against the disease who speak of a second battle, often more taxing, to maintain their sense of dignity.

The scrolls speak of a final battle between the "Princes of Darkness" and the "Sons of Light."

The term fakelore is often used by those who seek to expose or debunk it, including Dorson himself, who spoke of a "battle against fakelore".

Preachers spoke of an approaching Armageddon, of a battle between light and darkness, liberty and slavery.

They spoke of a battle fought and gladly lost.

She suspected that his dreams, his visions of other probability-spaces, were clearer than hers, which spoke merely of a battle to be won, everywhere and when.

The debris will speak of a battle between two ships.