Battle raged for hours.

Meaning: This sentence describes the long and intense fight between the knight and the dragon.

Choice of Words: Battle is a fight between two or more armies or groups of people. Raged means to be very violent and intense. For means during a period of time. Hours is a unit of time equal to 60 minutes.

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The fight kept going for many hours.

Meaning: This means that the fight or war continued to happen with a lot of strength and power for a long time.

Choice of Words: Battle means a fight or a war. Raged means to continue with great force or intensity. Hours are units of time, each one being 60 minutes long. When we put them together, "Battle raged for hours" means that the fight or war continued with great force or intensity for many hours.

The fighting lasted for a long time.

Meaning: This means that the fight or combat went on for a longer time than normal.

Choice of Words: Fighting means a physical fight or combat. Lasted means to continue for a period of time. Long time refers to a period of time that is longer than usual. When we put them together, "The fighting lasted for a long time" means that the physical fight or combat continued for a period of time that is longer than usual.

The war continued for hours on end.

Meaning: This means that the war kept happening for a very long time, without any breaks.

Choice of Words: War is a large-scale armed conflict between two or more countries or groups. Continued means to keep happening or existing. Hours on end means for many hours without stopping. When we put them together, "The war continued for hours on end" means that the large-scale armed conflict between two or more countries or groups kept happening or existing for many hours without stopping.

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