sparring

Example Sentences

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So use it as a sparring partner, not a ghostwriter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Last week, the star posted a martial arts video on Instagram in which he hit a sparring partner with a combo before saying to the camera, “I don’t age, I level up.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

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

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

"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 • Jan. 29, 2026

We did an hour of exercise, some combination of roadwork, skipping rope, calisthenics, or shadow boxing, followed by fifteen minutes of body work, some weight lifting and then sparring.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela