| Being a set politician is always an important forte, but your tracks should not be forced to ride on the outcome of who has the best verbal sparring abilities. |
| 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. |
| The ensuing verbal sparring between the men moved fast. |
| 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. |
| It was named after Queen Victoria's favourite verbal sparring partner, the Earl of Beaconsfield. |
