Upset over «
escalating verbal attacks» on its members, the World Umpires Association issued a statement and wore white wristbands in protest across Major League Baseball games on Saturday.
Umpire Joe West before taking the field today wearing white wrist band to protest
escalating verbal attacks on MLB umpires!
The mother acknowledged that she hated it, whereupon Jessie
escalated her verbal attacks — «You're stupid!
Not exact matches
Others are stuck in more
escalated ways of communicating (name calling, angry
verbal attacks, criticism, defensiveness, silence) and an inability to speak about or resolve anything productively.