| Feeling suddenly claustrophobic, he headed for the training yards, where he sparred half-heartedly with a few others. |
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| We trained, sparred, fought, ate, and laughed together ever since childhood. |
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| Demonstrators from both sides sparred heatedly inside and outside the historic courthouse. |
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| The result was a hard-earned draw, the same as when they sparred before, and it made their friendship even stronger. |
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| She was very heavily sparred, with a skysail on the main and stunsail booms aloft. |
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| I was sparred from a pulmonary edema that while on the Everest, would have been fatal. |
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| I have sparred with a bunch of different pure, elusive, fast little southpaws from super middleweight all the way down to a super lightweight in preparation for this fight. |
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| The truth is that if Kael had felt Simon was important, she would have sparred with him. |
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| Last week he sparred with Eleanor Holmes Norton, the non-voting Democratic representative for Washington, DC, about whether DC residents should be allowed the same voting rights as other Americans. |
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| That cocksure young gun I'd sparred with in class today. |
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| Since Mr da Silva took office last year, the two men have sparred in public over the independence of the judiciary, economic policy and cuts in pensions for public servants, including judges. |
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| Scott Fitzgerald turned up at the farm and sparred three rounds with Welsh. |
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| That prompted a response from the Patriots' Darius Butler, and the two sparred through the social media site. Butler later laughed off the back-and-forth when asked about it by reporters. |
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| After he died, they alternately allied and sparred with each other. |
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| The two sparred over music, too, Curtis told Talking Points Memo. |
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| The two sparred over job creation and, most notably, Social Security. |
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| And where he once sparred verbally with Stockton Council heavyweights like Bob Gibson in planning committee meetings, Phillip now prefers to body slam his opponents. |
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| They sparred heavily for nearly ten minutes, neither gaining the advantage until Kathleen, with one furious uphand stroke, snapped Reed's blade in two near the hilt. |
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