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
Last summer, Morant called for a Christmas rematch, and after he had a brief Twitter sparring match with Warriors forward Draymond Green, the NBA granted his wish.
From Washington Post • Dec. 25, 2022
In 1929, Fitzgerald was the timekeeper in a sparring match between Hemingway and the Canadian novelist Morley Callaghan, who years earlier served on the staff at The Toronto Star with Hemingway.
From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2022
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
By now convinced that the presence of the priests was no accident, Baker settled down to the sort of verbal sparring match that he enjoyed.
From The Image and the Likeness by Campbell, John Scott
