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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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After which conversational sparring they fell back upon the little commonplaces of the moment.
CABIN FEVERB. M. BOWERIt was a terrific struggle; not the skillful sparring of trained fighters, but the rough and tumble battling of primitive giants.
THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLSHAROLD BELL WRIGHTHe plied his companions with questions, sparring for more time.
FRANK MERRIWELL'S PURSUITBURT L. STANDISH"'Twas this way," said Mr. Hennessy, sparring at Mr. Dooley.
MR. DOOLEY IN PEACE AND IN WARFINLEY PETER DUNNEIn fact it was more of a wrestling than a sparring match,—a test of strength, prowess, agility.
UNVEILING A PARALLELALICE ILGENFRITZ JONES AND ELLA MARCHANTFinally, for loose sparring, the professor standing by and stopping them when they got wild, or began punching indiscriminately.
DR. JOLLIFFE'S BOYSLEWIS HOUGHI saw a frightful big goat on the ridge to-day, and it followed me, butting and sparring.
THE ANGEL OF PAINE. F. BENSONAfter some preliminary ironic sparring Newman was stung into writing what he deliberately called Apologia pro vita sua.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 9, SLICE 6VARIOUSPalmer Billy, sparring round him in the approved methods of Boulder Creek, came within reach and hit.
COLONIAL BORNG. FIRTH SCOTTPhineas, knowing that he could gain nothing by sparring with Miss Fitzgibbon, raised his hat and took his leave.
PHINEAS FINNANTHONY TROLLOPEWORDS RELATED TO SPARRING
- angry
- argumentative
- battling
- bellicose
- belligerent
- boxing
- combative
- contending
- contentious
- determined
- disputatious
- disputative
- fencing
- ferocious
- hawkish
- hostile
- jingoistic
- jousting
- martial
- militant
- militaristic
- pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- ready to fight
- resolute
- scrappy
- sparring
- tilting
- truculent
- unbeatable
- under arms
- up in arms
- warmongering
- wrestling
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.