sparring
Example Sentences
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Videos of him sparring with liberal-minded students garnered millions of views online.
Paul likes to remind people that he’s a lightning quick study—he insists that he has never been knocked out or knocked down, not even in sparring.
Cuban heavyweight Frank Sanchez and American puncher Jared Anderson are also sparring partners.
From BBC
Mat and Chris are sparring over Mat’s insistence that he will marry Anna.
Sure enough, my PB&J comes out of the bag looking like a sumo wrestler used it as a sparring partner.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
