verbal joust

Many a verbal joust he and I had together.

There was also an amusing verbal joust between the fans.

It's still all too easy to fall back into the modes picked up in those verbal joust days.

Christine decided to continue the verbal joust until the woman's purpose was clearer.

Today their verbal joust reached its climax when both made public statements attacking the other.

It’s supposed to be a verbal joust, but it shows signs of going physical...

Goldman's eyes gleamed momentarily as he returned the verbal joust.

The verbal joust became popular among both the masses, intellectuals and the debutantes.

Though the contention between them had until this point been limited to verbal jousts, Zett had taken things to a new level.

It's the latest barb in a longstanding verbal joust between the two basketball bigwigs.

He's got something to prove, and ideas on how to prove it but, really, no means for expressing the proof outside of verbal jousts.

Sitting on director's chairs, the candidates largely behaved agreeably, a sharp contrast to earlier verbal jousts.

"We've too much work to do to indulge in verbal jousts," he said irritably, pitching the brown button into the heap again.

Mr. Skilling ended the verbal joust by describing, on an open line, the hedge fund man in profane language.

Finally sensing some doubt in this kid, McCoy decided to raise the stakes in their verbal joust.

He expected some snide comment about his ragged appearance and found himself strangely disappointed that she didn't oblige him with a verbal joust.

Almost every nation in Asia has a territorial dispute of some kind with its neighbours, ranging from minor verbal jousts to potential triggers of conflict.

He also stated that "007's erotic quips follow straight from Rhett's verbal jousts with Scarlett."

I like what Pugh told a radio minister about the strip clubs in an interview after his verbal joust with Winans:

He's been engaged in particularly pointed verbal jousts with Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich, which he continued Monday.

What starts out as a spiky verbal joust ends as a warm not-quite-love-affair as the two come to appreciate their similarities and differences.

Tensions then ignited in the final session, with Warner having a verbal joust with Jadeja, who subsequently approached the umpires.

Over the years, Ms. Guy sometimes played back variations of those speeches among her acquaintances and gained a reputation as a woman who enjoyed a verbal joust.

The sindil (sung verbal jousts) belong to the gabbang tradition and are performed by both sexes conducting an extemporaneous battle of wits.

Connor keeps trying to talk Paul out of tying the knot, in between verbal jousts with lifelong friend Jenny (Jennifer Garner).