A folded, grey-tinted letter lay half hidden in the general melee.

This led to a general melee on the quarter deck, where the row began.

Then we will have a general melee, and I will clear out that clique.

The general melee and pow-wow in which I was so unceremoniously toasted, taught a lesson.

A fight erupted as one burly fellow began pummeling another, and a general melee ensued.

A troop of guards came running down from their posts, adding to the general melee.

But Richard merely says: 'Court is like a general melee in a jousting tournament these days.

There was then a general melee.

There was a general melee, calls of agony rent the air, rough oaths drowned the shouts of the helpless.

There was a general melee.

There was a lot of angry shouting with everyone talking at once; I thought there was going to be a general melee.

The Saxons put up a stiff resistance and there was a general melee, but eventually our adversaries were forced to retreat with losses.