"verbal" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The classic name for this verbal contest is playing the dozens; the current street name is snapping.
- In this poem, the ferryman Harbard and the god Thor compete in a flyting or verbal contest with one other.
- Their facial expressions were carefully pleasant, but there was a poised alertness to them that suggested some verbal contest was in progress.
- Her wits were too dull to engage in the rapier-sharp thrust and parry their verbal contests brought.
- A highpoint of the satire is the central verbal contest that again, just like in S. 1.4, distinguishes scurrility from satire.
- Just like S. 1.5, it features a verbal contest in which two different kinds of invective are fighting against each other.
- That verbal contest would resemble the sorry excuse for a world club final we witness yesterday.
- It includes the traditional joropo musical style, and is known for verbal contests called contrapunteo.
- Reverend Mothers always replayed these verbal contests, seeking improvements and new advantages for the Sisterhood.
- Reghar's escort wagged their heads, thinking their chieftain had come off better in the first verbal contest.
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