The one big argument between my hero and Mom resulted in a long drawn-out verbal battle, which he lost.

Sometimes he played games, drawing the assassins into verbal battles in which they would confess.

The fact that the verbal battles on the senate's floor also increased Spock's personal jeopardy was irrelevant.

In many verbal battles since then, the two yachtsmen have criticized each other over everything from race rules to age difference and relative experience.

She didn't want to get into a verbal battle with the one person she considered her friend.

"I want to talk to Emilio," she said, unwilling to be drawn into a verbal battle neither one of them could win.

He ignored the sideways looks, preferring to ready his wits for the verbal battle to come.

Talon walked to the chair, but remained standing, alert and ready for the verbal battle he knew would be waged.

Ask that question at a table full of mothers and prepare for an all-out verbal battle.

But even though the verbal battle is sharp, the consensus here is that the fundamentalists will not win.