The prospect of actively trying to engage Clayton in verbal combat filled Whitney with an odd mixture of fear and anticipation.

At the time, Mr. Giuliani seemed to relish the verbal combat, often appearing on network news programs.

The campaign was "not eager but ready" to engage in more verbal combat if prompted by the Republicans.

"This is no way to run a Government," said Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin, and then he returned to verbal combat.

But Mr. Bloomberg is not known for verbal combat in public.

Spirited verbal combat briefly heated up the hearings, giving the defense lawyers their first opportunity to throw a few punches.

Militant is usually used to describe a person engaged in aggressive verbal or physical combat (e.g. an activist, revolutionary, terrorist or insurgent).

In this study, antagonistic interactions are defined as involving physical or verbal combat or an expression of injury.

Their relish for verbal combat gives the performance an energy you can feel.

I don't often go up against other women in verbal combat.