sparring match

"I've been thinking about our sparring match the other day."

The next 29 years his life is a repeat of that sparring match.

That explained why she had given him so much trouble in their sparring match.

The last year had largely been a string of public sparring matches.

Practicing had gotten him to the point where he could take his mother on in a sparring match.

He found her good company, enjoyed the flavor of their sparring matches.

In any sparring match, precautions of some sort must be taken to protect the participants.

"When do you want to try this sparring match?"

However, this time it would only be a sparring match between two new friends, which Rocky accepts.

Sparring matches are typically divided by weight, age, gender, and experience.

The sparring match was interrupted by the young guard.

He remembered their many sparring matches, the years they had spent in joyful and determined practice.

This was going to be a sparring match.

Most of all he missed the sparring matches in the tournament ring with his kits.

Round One in the courtroom clash of the titans turned out to be not much more than a sparring match.

Verbal sparring matches help children recognize when their "clever" comments cut too deep.

He also took part in a friendly sparring match with Swift later in that same year.

"About Golden Eyes - you were going to tell me something - it's been on my mind all through that little sparring match."

It was not the candidates' first sparring match; they debated twice in June, shortly after each won his primary.

The anticipated heavyweight championship bout has not even been an exciting sparring match.

His ferocity during sparring matches often scared Danica, made her think the man was out of control.

The sparring match ended in a call for mercy on the part of Lord Tony.

Now they conferred; it was a sparring match; no compromise was reached.

The sitting around, the verbal sparring matches, were something that the cultural attache would never become accustomed to, he knew.

She stopped to watch the sparring match.