Words similar to bout

Example sentences for: bout

How can you use “bout” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

A writer chronicles his own long bout with depression, a period when he couldn't eat and was afraid to stand up or shower.
Will Kosovo be Bosnia redux--another bout of ethnic cleansing and warfare, or worse?
What can cause a bout of head-scratching is deciding whether the definite or indefinite article is involved.
A NYT piece reports that a 5 feet, 5 inches, 125-pound woman hopes to strike a blow for feminism by fighting a male lightweight in boxing's officially sanctioned first intergender bout.
Optimally, the drug will cut the length of a flu bout by 40 percent, and significantly reduce the chances of escalation into a severe case.