sparring match
Example Sentences
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Over the weekend, he posted a long message complaining that the New York Times was planning to report that he’d gotten roughed up, injuring his shoulder, in a sparring match with an agency jujitsu instructor.
From Slate • Apr. 26, 2025
The trolling has turned the campaign into a daily sparring match on social media, where the candidates trade jabs in real time.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2022
At the weekend, the Ukraine squad held what they described as a "sparring match" with one team playing in the "style of the Scottish national team".
From BBC • May 31, 2022
It was perhaps less of a sparring match with a witness than an attempt to turn the whole thing into a joke, into a version of an Abbott and Costello routine.
From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2019
The conversation was supplied mainly by the girl and Willie, and took the form of a wordy sparring match.
From Wee Macgreegor Enlists by Bell, J. J. (John Joy)
