cut and thrust

There was some interesting cut and thrust in the play.

You could say this for the new position: it took us back a way from the medical cut and thrust.

The sword could be used to both cut and thrust.

"You must have missed the cut and thrust of politics."

He loved the cut and thrust of the bargaining table.

It has all the cut and thrust of an ideological conflict.

Well, you get a real cut and thrust here, with people using knives to kill each other.

She'd known its cut and thrust on and off for years now.

So, I actually am able to enjoy the cut and thrust of views."

Fair enough, I can take the honest cut and thrust of intellectual debate.

Saying this, he cut and thrust at a tall Spaniard.

Its designers had never intended it for the cut and thrust of close combat.

The Demons cut and thrust with increasing desperation, but hit each other more often than not.

The cut and thrust of the democratic process seem to have gone straight to their pompous heads.

The cut and thrust of competition in the privateering sector.

Indeed, they were created from the idea that what kids most wanted to do was emulate the cut and thrust of adult activities.

Will laughed again, enjoying the cut and thrust of their byplay.

The cut and thrust of their conversation is timeless.

Bruno has always stayed clear of any verbal cut and thrust with Lewis - until now.

But do you know something I'm getting rather tired of the cut and thrust of dealing.

"Well, you know," Nathan said, swirling his hand in a display of cut and thrust.

Morath was the one who cut and thrust with it.

"Then he drew, and cut and thrust away, as we fellows used to do in the good old times."

He was not deeply involved in much of the legislative cut and thrust of the Senate.

This led to some interesting cut and thrust.