A little skirmish ensued, and we looked on from the window.

The angry little skirmish down by the lake might never have been.

We got into a little skirmish and they broke it up quick.

I had a feeling that I'd lost that little skirmish.

After all, these inevitable little skirmishes were part and parcel of their relationship.

And everyone silently awaited the issue of this little skirmish.

We were into a fully fledged war; it wasn't a little skirmish.

My first little skirmish took place over a film, one about rape.

Now entertain us with a story about your little skirmish here.

Obviously, during my little skirmish, the main battle had been concluded.