sparring

IPA: spˈɑrɪŋ

Examples of "sparring" in Sentences

Balance was crucial in the sparring.
They begin sparring to work out who's the toughest guy on theblock.
"The sparring is kind of special," says Mazzilli, Torre's bench coach.
Kumite is the practice of free sparring, that is, sparring in a non set pattern.
This happens often in sparring and can hurt like the dickens when knees or shins meet.
Yep …. one day of verbal sparring is going to wipe out an entire year of constant republican obstuctionism.
Yep …. one day of verbal sparring is going to wipe out an entire year of constant FAILURE by the Obama tax-avoidance gang.
Their sparring is part of the fun of the show, and it's refreshing to not have it be clouded by the question of when they're going to fall into bed together.
I don't have a set of comparisons like, "Well, I tend to be more winded than X when we're done with a long run together, but I'm faster on sprints," or, "I always master forms faster than Y, but Y's sparring is way better than mine."