sparring

Example Sentences

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After all that verbal sparring, promoter Frank Warren restored a little order.

From BBC

As Bad Bunny strutted through the greenery, he passed by old men playing dominoes, women chatting in a nail salon and boxers sparring—a montage of scenes from life in Puerto Rico.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rather, as Gerri Kimber explains in “Katherine Mansfield: A Hidden Life,” they would be known as literary sparring partners, both engaged in the high-stakes project of forging a new modernist literature.

From The Wall Street Journal

"When I was four, we'd be in the hallway sparring because my dad would just leave gloves around that fighters would have."

From BBC

The lightweights have been sparring from a distance since Tsarukyan was overlooked for the interim title shot, despite being ranked number one in the division.

From BBC