If we engage the boxing metaphor, Book 1 is a dizzying storm of uppercuts.

Once again, the boxing metaphor applies.

"But I really don't like the nose part," she said of the descriptions of a Barkin feature that has actually inspired some writers to boxing metaphors.

Patriots running back John Stephens used boxing metaphors to describe the attitude of the New England team before this game.

The few that we still publish stretch the boxing metaphor for jokes that have nothing to do with boxing.

Roy, that boxing metaphor has made my eyes bleed.

If the sport of politics leans toward boxing metaphors, Mr. Maloney, the experts said, is not yet down for the count.

The boxing metaphor he has used is appropriate and comes naturally.

Meaning, to go back to a boxing metaphor, Mr. Curry, bloodied but still standing, is entering the final round in need of a knockout to win.

In this excerpt from the article, the novelist uses one of his famous boxing metaphors to describe why he is drawn to spare, stripped prose: