A melee broke out in front of the theater before the controversial film started.    From LearnThat.org. 

Gears of War 2 seems to feature more giant enemies specializing in melee, like the Butcher who wields a giant machete.    From Wordnik.com.  [E3 '08: Fenix rising again] Reference

'Top Model': Casting-call melee (naturally) heads to YouTube.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference

Oddly enough, it seemed as though the melee was the strongest weapon in the game.    From Wordnik.com.  [SPAWNPOINT.COM - Gaming News Feed] Reference

The love of battle is the food upon which we live — the dust of the melee is the breath of our nostrils!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ivanhoe] Reference

Caught up in the melee was the wife of chairman Harold Hardman, who had been scheduled to turn on the lights before kick-off.    From Wordnik.com.  [ManUtd.com News RSS] Reference

We have vehicle melee, which is where you steer with the right hand stick and with the left hand stick you can ram other cars.    From Wordnik.com.  [Computer And Video Games] Reference

Unfortunately, there’s not much I can do at this point, as I am locked in melee with several other Liburnians and depeleted in crew.    From Wordnik.com.  [Galley Warfare: Roman Seas at Fall In! AAR on Repple Depple « Third Point of Singularity] Reference

Turns out one of those ejected from the ballpark in the melee was the husband of the woman who'd been occupying our seats when we arrived.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brawls Before Balls and Strikes] Reference

Incidentally, the melee is excellent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference

Close Contact – within melee range of leader.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life In The Big City – Chase Rules « Geek Related] Reference

One person who has handled this kind of melee with aplomb has been.    From Wordnik.com.  [IPCC AR4: No skill in scientific forecasting « Climate Audit] Reference

'America's Next Top Model': Casting-call melee (naturally) heads to YouTube.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference

I've just opened up the old Brick gatefold sleeve for a look, and it's "melee".    From Wordnik.com.  [Light Blogging] Reference

So Lady Emma decided to resort to the tactic of "melee" instead of using firepower.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference

Frank Sinatra was getting accustomed to this kind of melee developing whenever he made an appearance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sinatra The Man Behind the Myth]

Okay, she's within melee distance.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Worst Game I Ever Played In] Reference

How often do you end up in melee range in a FPS?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crunchy SF Gaming Goodness] Reference

WPD: Drunk driver bumps into police horse; starts "melee".    From Wordnik.com.  [WWAY NewsChannel 3 - Local News, Weather and Sports for Wilmington, NC and the Cape Fear Region] Reference

It was a kind of melee, several being engaged on both sides.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fifty Years Since: An Address Before the Alumni Association of the University of North Carolina] Reference

Two other boys, ages 14 and 15, were stabbed in a "melee" near the.    From Wordnik.com.  [WBBM CBS 2 Chicago Top Videos Videos] Reference

"It was some kind of melee that was going on out there," Whitlock said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

The investigation into EMC Contracting began in 2006 after a "melee" at a.    From Wordnik.com.  [Curbed] Reference

The love of battle is the food upon which we live -- the dust of the 'melee' is the breath of our nostrils!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ivanhoe] Reference

"I shall tilt to-morrow" answered Athelstane, "in the 'melee'; it is not worth while for me to arm myself to-day.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Ivanhoe] Reference

There are also some encounters from which you can't run, and then there are some fights where the "melee" option is locked.    From Wordnik.com.  [Siliconera] Reference

Raymond described the former event as a "melee," but noted that alcohol is controlled now and only allowed in certain areas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tri-City Herald: Front] Reference

There might be some six or eight persons engaged in a strange and confused kind of melee, but the Prince and myself only sought each other.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zicci — Complete] Reference

And the melee was the result.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 10, 2005] Reference

Oh, and imagine a caller at a longsword melee.    From Wordnik.com.  [DDS AGM] Reference

"melee" involving "hundreds of out of control juveniles" took place at 1200 Half Street NW last night.    From Wordnik.com.  [DCist] Reference

That doesn't necessarily mean the melee is over, however.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cracking Down on Cockfighting] Reference

The crowd began stoning the house and a wild melee ensued.    From Wordnik.com.  [Basra Melee] Reference

At least four PKB members were hacked to death in the melee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Running Through A Minefield] Reference

In the 30-minute melee Maher was wounded, but did not die instantly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Getting Away With Murder?] Reference

In the melee, a fence collapsed, injuring 159 people, three seriously.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE FALL OF FOOTBALL] Reference

In a moment we had a melee — scuffling, shouting, people tripping over one another.    From Wordnik.com.  [‘Homer & Langley’] Reference

When they finished, they offered to sneak anyone out of the melee in their ambulance.    From Wordnik.com.  [No Questions] Reference

As someone who is also in the melee of a marital meltdown, I know what it feels like.    From Wordnik.com.  [Teresa Rodriguez Williamson: From Jilted to Jetset: How to Get Over a Bad Breakup With Travel] Reference

Then Reginald Oliver Denny, 36, a gravel-truck driver with long blond hair, drove into the melee.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Siege Of L.A.] Reference