cut and thrust
Example Sentences
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For his critics, Southgate's team had become a caricature of the manager himself - all caution and consideration, no cut and thrust.
From BBC • Jul. 15, 2024
Germany's president is meant to be a unifying figure who stands above the cut and thrust of daily politics, one who enjoys the moral authority to exhort people to better behaviour.
From Reuters • Apr. 4, 2022
Dimi Petratos at the other end has Glover stretching for a well-jinked cross - there’s a nice cut and thrust developing to this one; you don’t imagine that’s the last goal we’ll see today.
From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2019
The cut and thrust of parliamentary debate is notorious for bringing out the boor even in normally mild-mannered members of Parliament.
From Washington Post • May 30, 2019
A small brass hunting horn swung beneath one shoulder, while to the other was suspended a short cut and thrust sword.
From The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion by Caruthers, William A. (Alexander)
