battle of wills
clash of wills
test of wills

In Game 5, the series turned into a battle of wills.

Now comes Game 3, which should be another battle of wills.

All I needed that moment was a battle of wills.

Yet it was a battle of wills which she lost.

And the nation States have to win this battle of wills.

And he had used them to great advantage in their battle of wills.

In that moment I had the strength for our last battle of wills.

I held her in place, but it was a near constant battle of wills.

He was convinced that he'd won the battle of wills.

Thus began a battle of wills which was to endure for many weeks.

Looked as if the suitcase was going to win the battle of wills at any second.

The stage is set for an epic battle of wills.

In a physical battle of wills, there was no contest.

I also thought about the competition between us: what had happened at the ball park was, after all, a battle of wills.

With the stakes high, who will win this battle of wills?

Over the next three years, a battle of wills ensued.

Controlling the content has become a battle of wills between the two.

The relationship and battle of wills bring big surprises for both parties.

Interesting to see who wins that particular battle of wills.

Nick for his part was not really equal to such a battle of wills.

This was a minor battle of wills, yet he did not want to lose.

All at once their exchange was less a dialogue than a battle of wills.

For a moment, they were locked in a silent battle of wills.

They'd both been involved in an unspoken battle of wills over who would take the first step.

No one on either bridge spoke as they watched the battle of wills.

He'd met and held the man in a silent clash of wills.

I considered it no more than a clash of wills, his against mine.

It had been the first clash of wills between her and Jeremy.

So they faced each other in a silent clash of wills.

I did not want to meet him head-on in a clash of wills.

Shelley was intrigued by this first clash of wills between them.

But they felt the struggle, the clash of wills.

There would be an interesting clash of wills then.

In a different way, another clash of wills was taking place in the villa.

Their presence only suggested a clash of wills over Tarn.

The evening's dynamic and suspense stems from this clash of wills.

Her determination sometimes caused clashes of wills with Charles.

It's a clash of wills and a tale of high adventure.

There was a new tension in the clearing, a clash of wills, and seniority.

At the camp Batik watched in admiration as the clash of wills continued.

When he had summoned her tonight, she had feared a clash of wills.

What is really intriguing is the clash of wills.

There is a clash of wills as Lear and his daughter engage in their own self-protection.

"You talk as if you think there's going to be a clash of wills," Scorpio said.

Emily's voice broke into the clash of wills.

You like to have something break every flight, you want to have a clash of wills with me?

For a few moments it was a fierce clash of wills between them, then the horse began to ease back and gradually slow.

The bridge crew braced themselves for a repeat of the earlier clash of wills.

There was a moment of silence, the two of them facing up to each other, a clash of wills.

Except for that little clash of wills between Russell and Linda.'

It was a small and very private test of wills.

The overall issue seems to come down to a test of wills.

It is still too early to say who won their latest test of wills.

Instead, the conflict has turned into long-term test of wills.

This is not the way to have a test of wills with the palace.

The administration and Congress digging in for a test of wills over federal spending.

Inside the camp, many people seemed to be settling in for a test of wills.

Hence, reviewing is felt by some to be very much a test of wills.

They were having an argument, a test of wills, turning the explosives on and off.

But by now the trust was gone, and every small change in the existing arrangements became a test of wills.

The policy conflict had become a test of wills.

After a moment's glaring test of wills, the other man obeyed.

For a time, the game really became a test of wills, and the question you had to ask yourself was how much you wanted it.

As the day progressed, the fighting on the river road became a desperate test of wills.

But the Taliban, he said, are digging in, making the war a long-term test of wills.

This meeting is a test of wills, of attitudes, new and old.

In a test of wills, the father is forced to bow to his son's powerful determination to leave home.

But he hoped the test of wills would end and order would be established.

In fact any such endeavor is a test of wills, and there are no guarantees."

The situation seems primed for a bloody and extended test of wills.

Theirs was a test of wills to discover who could withstand the most cuts.

The third set was a test of wills.

And a test of wills, as in "Will it be another first-timer?"

Because of books like the ones you've been struggling to understand, there's a test of wills coming in the world.

But it is also a test of wills between the world's sole superpower and Asia's biggest power.