For the first time in a lifetime of verbal pyrotechnics I found the flow shut off.

His poetry is a verbal pyrotechnics sprawling in a phantasmagoria of sounds, images and rhythms.

As rendered by Mr. Lane with the punch of his muted-trumpet voice, such verbal pyrotechnics seem to give off actual sparks.

He had eschewed the pulpit by then, and had no appetite for verbal pyrotechnics.

Those expecting Richler's usual verbal pyrotechnics won't be disappointed here.

In Thorns the need for constant verbal pyrotechnics made me tense.

It was probably Brian's brilliance and his verbal pyrotechnics which made me fall in love with him in the first place.

At his best, he conjures up the magical aura of an artist, while at the same time dazzling the reader with his own verbal pyrotechnics.

People tried to bait him on the ongoing verbal pyrotechnics between the Yankees' and the Red Sox' camps.

Those who look more closely, however, will find a homely lyricism and a deep understanding of human nature that are far more satisfying than verbal pyrotechnics.