His answer was an exercise in the kind of verbal gymnastics of which Mr. Cuomo is the acknowledged national champion.

But they find themselves having to resort to increasingly contorted verbal gymnastics to do so.

Subtleties and evasion are achieved less by verbal gymnastics than by a change of topic or, if you want to play safe, a proverb.

It was distinguished by its verbal gymnastics; its best exponent was Arnaut Daniel.

The British Ambassador tackles arms limitation negotiations with some verbal gymnastics.

Remember that negotiations should be undertaken with good humor; this is not a battle, it's more a form of verbal gymnastics meant to achieve a win/win situation.

He mentally kicked himself for letting Sandecker outdo him in the verbal gymnastics.

Its 19th canto is noted for verbal gymnastics and wordplay; see the section on linguistic ingenuity below.

And these companies go through some truly exotic verbal gymnastics to describe what's taking placealthough I'm not sure it makes the individuals in question feel any better.

The cameras again flashed as Pierre had just won the first round of verbal gymnastics.