cut and thrust
Example Sentences
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He loved the cut and thrust of Westminster politics - as well as the intrigue - and he could wield words with the best of them.
From BBC • Oct. 13, 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
He was a clean-shaven fellow, and very sturdy and quick, and a good hand at cut and thrust and the quarter-staff, as I had seen for myself at Hare Street on the summer evenings.
From Oddsfish! by Benson, Robert Hugh
