His only stipulation was, that the enterprise should be kept secret from his mother; for he knew the poor soul would not sleep a wink, if she knew that her son was Waging war with the powers of darkness.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
It stung his pride not a little to have even Janey see the plain evidences of the rather unsuccessful struggle he had been Waging with circumstances.
"Jane Lends A Hand"
Shirley Watkins
It never occurs to us to reflect that maybe nature has some purpose of her own in raising the temperature of the blood; that this might be, so to speak, the heat of conflict, a struggle she is Waging to drive out invading germs; and that possibly it would be better for the temperature to stay up until the battle is over.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair