| The verbal sparring and playful banter with her is really starting to ratchet up some interesting tension. |
| After protracted verbal sparring followed by hand-to-hand combat, Harry defeats Riddle by stabbing the diary. |
| Verstappen, who is not afraid of verbal sparring, relied succinctly. |
| He doesn't hesitate to engage in verbal sparring matches with his students in order to teach them that mastering language is in itself a path to change. |
| Undoubtedly, the appropriate pastoral response will neither be debate nor verbal sparring and certainly not a didactic or magisterial discourse. |
| They begin a round of verbal sparring about their past together, Linklater's camera constantly swivelling to catch all the insults as they fly across the room. |
